Longitudinal measurement invariance of memory performance and executive functioning in healthy aging

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作者
Moreira, Pedro Silva [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Santos, Nadine [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Castanho, Teresa [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Amorim, Liliana [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Portugal-Nunes, Carlos [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Sousa, Nuno [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Costa, Patricio [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Minho, Sch Med, Life & Hlth Sci Res Inst ICVS, Braga, Portugal
[2] PT Govt Associate Lab, ICVS 3Bs, Braga, Portugal
[3] Clin Acad Ctr Braga, Braga, Portugal
来源
PLOS ONE | 2018年 / 13卷 / 09期
关键词
COVARIANCE;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pone.0204012
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
In this work, we examined the longitudinal measurement invariance of a battery composed of distinct cognitive parameters. A sample of 86 individuals (53.5% females; mean age = 65.73), representative of the Portuguese older population, with respect to sex, age and level of education was assessed twice over an average of two years. By means of a confirmatory factor analysis approach, we tested whether a two-factor solution [corresponding to measures of memory performance (MEM) and executive functioning (EXEC)] was reliable over time. Nested models of longitudinal invariance demonstrated the existence of partial strong invariance over time. In other words, this indicates that there is an equivalence of the factorial structure and factor loadings for all items; this was also observed for the item intercepts for all the items, except for one of the items from the EXEC dimension. Stability coefficients revealed high associations between the dimensions over time and that, whereas there was a significant decline of the MEM across time, this was not observed for the EXEC dimension. These findings reveal that changes in MEM and EXEC scores can be attributed to true changes on these constructs, enabling the use of this battery as a reliable method to study cognitive aging.
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