Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2020 Dec;46:100872. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100872. Epub 2020 Oct 22.
In 5 of the 6 large Dutch developmental cohorts investigated here, lower SES adolescents are underrepresented and higher SES adolescents overrepresented. With former studies clearly revealing differences between SES strata in adolescent social competence and behavioral control, this misrepresentation may contribute to an overestimation of normative adolescent competence. Using a raking procedure, we used national census statistics to weigh the cohorts to be more representative of the Dutch population. Contrary to our expectations, in all cohorts, little to no differences between SES strata were found in the two outcomes. Accordingly, no differences between weighted and unweighted mean scores were observed across all cohorts. Furthermore, no clear change in correlations between social competence and behavioral control was found. These findings are most probably explained by the fact that measures of SES in the samples were quite limited, and the low SES participants in the cohorts could not be considered as representative of the low SES groups in the general population. Developmental outcomes associated with SES may be affected by a raking procedure in other cohorts that have a sufficient number and sufficient variation of low SES adolescents.
在本研究中调查的 6 个大型荷兰发展队列中，有 5 个队列中 SES 较低的青少年代表性不足，而 SES 较高的青少年代表性过高。由于之前的研究清楚地揭示了青少年社会能力和行为控制方面 SES 阶层之间的差异，这种代表性不足可能导致对正常青少年能力的高估。我们使用耙分程序，利用国家人口普查统计数据对队列进行加权，使其更能代表荷兰人口。与我们的预期相反，在所有队列中，两个结果在 SES 阶层之间几乎没有差异。因此，在所有队列中，加权和未加权平均分数之间没有观察到差异。此外，社会能力和行为控制之间的相关性没有明显变化。这些发现最可能的解释是，样本中 SES 的衡量标准相当有限，而队列中的低 SES 参与者不能被认为是一般人群中低 SES 群体的代表。与 SES 相关的发展结果可能会受到其他队列中耙分程序的影响，这些队列中低 SES 青少年的数量和变化足以产生影响。
