Department of Psychology.
Sanford School of Public Health.
Psychol Assess. 2022 Nov;34(11):1008-1021. doi: 10.1037/pas0001163. Epub 2022 Sep 8.
Applying both latent variable and network frameworks, we conducted a comprehensive psychometric evaluation of the diverse array of symptoms from three externalizing dimensions, including attention problems, aggressive behavior, and delinquency/rule-breaking of the Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach, 1991) across six time points from childhood to early adolescence. We also examined sex differences. Participants ( = 1,339) were drawn from two multisite longitudinal studies: Fast Track and the Child Development Project. Parents reported on externalizing psychopathology in kindergarten and Grades 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7. Using exploratory structural equation modeling, we found almost uniformly excellent fit across time and samples. However, we also observed multiple cross-loadings and heterogeneity in terms of which symptoms cross-loaded across time points. Alternatively, using network modeling, we observed that symptoms of attention problems and aggressive behavior had stronger connections, relative to delinquency/rule-breaking, across time and samples. Significant differences in overall connectivity were found at early (kindergarten vs. Grade 1, Grade 1 vs. Grade 2) and late (Grade 5 vs. Grade 7) time points for the combined sample and only late time points for the male sample. In addition, the items and consistently displayed the greatest bridge strength, that is, symptom from one dimension that connects to symptoms from another dimension, across time and samples. Our results illustrate how two methods-latent variable and network modeling-provide important and complementary information on multidimensional constructs. Findings also inform understanding of externalizing psychopathology through childhood to early adolescence by identifying key symptoms, critical transition points, and possible transdiagnostic liabilities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
应用潜在变量和网络框架，我们对儿童行为检查表（Achenbach，1991）的三个外显维度（包括注意力问题、攻击行为和违规行为）的各种症状进行了全面的心理计量学评估，涉及六个时间点，从儿童期到青春期早期。我们还检查了性别差异。参与者（n=1339）来自两项多地点纵向研究：快速轨道和儿童发展项目。父母在幼儿园和 1、2、4、5 和 7 年级报告了外显的精神病理学。使用探索性结构方程模型，我们发现几乎在所有时间和样本中都具有极好的拟合度。然而，我们也观察到多个交叉负荷和症状在不同时间点交叉负荷的异质性。或者，使用网络建模，我们观察到注意力问题和攻击行为的症状在时间和样本上与违规行为相比具有更强的联系。在整个样本中，在早期（幼儿园与 1 年级、1 年级与 2 年级）和晚期（5 年级与 7 年级）时间点以及仅在男性样本中晚期时间点都发现了整体连接性的显著差异。此外，项和一致显示出最大的桥接强度，即一个维度的症状与另一个维度的症状相连，在整个时间和样本中都是如此。我们的研究结果说明了两种方法——潜在变量和网络建模——如何为多维结构提供重要和补充信息。这些发现还通过确定关键的过渡点和可能的跨诊断责任，为儿童期到青春期早期的外显精神病理学提供了信息。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2022 APA，保留所有权利）。
