Capturing Age-group Differences and Developmental Change with the BASC Parent Rating Scales
| dc.contributor.author | Barbot, Baptiste | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hein, Sascha D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Luthar, Suniya S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Grigorenko, Elena L. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-02T18:44:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-02T18:44:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 7/1/2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Estimation of age-group differences and intra-individual change across distinct developmental periods is often challenged by the use of age-appropriate (but non-parallel) measures. We present a short version of the Behavior Assessment System (Reynolds & Kamphaus, 1998), Parent Rating Scales for Children (PRS-C) and Adolescents (PRS-A), which uses only their common-items to derive estimates of the initial constructs optimized for developmental studies. Measurement invariance of a three-factor model (Externalizing, Internalizing, Adaptive Skills) was tested across age-groups (161 mothers using PRS-C; 200 mothers using PRS-A) and over time (115 mothers using PRS-C at baseline and PRS-A five years later) with the original versus short PRS. Results indicated that the short PRS holds a sufficient level of invariance for a robust estimation of age-group differences and intra-individual change, as compared to the original PRS, which held only weak invariance leading to flawed developmental inferences. Importance of test-content parallelism for developmental studies is discussed. | |
| dc.identifier | 10.1016/j.appdev.2014.04.003 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Copyright 2014 Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. This is a post-print version of a published paper that is available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0193397314000343 Recommended citation: Barbot, B., S. Hein, S. S. Luthar, and E. L. Grigorenko. "Capturing Age-group Differences and Developmental Change with the BASC Parent Rating Scales." Journal of applied developmental psychology 35, no. 4 (2014): 294-303. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2014.04.003. This item has been deposited in accordance with publisher copyright and licensing terms and with the author's permission. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10657/5504 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology | |
| dc.subject | BASC | |
| dc.subject | Parent rating scale | |
| dc.subject | Measurement invariance | |
| dc.subject | Scale parallelism | |
| dc.subject | Developmental change | |
| dc.title | Capturing Age-group Differences and Developmental Change with the BASC Parent Rating Scales | |
| dc.type | Article |