Journal article
How consistent is sluggish cognitive tempo across occasions, sources, and settings? Evidence from latent state-trait modeling
Assessment (Odessa, Fla.), Vol.26(1), pp.99-110
01/2019
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/101606
PMCID: PMC6050147
PMID: 28064528
Abstract
Research has yet to determine how much of the true score variance in sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) symptom ratings is consistent across occasions, sources, and settings versus specific to occasion, source, and setting (i.e., a trait or state-like construct). Our first objective was to determine the amount of variance in SCT ratings that was consistent (
trait consistency
) across three occasions of measurement over 12-months versus specific to the occasion (
occasion-specificity
) with ratings by mothers, fathers, primary teachers, and secondary teachers of 811 Spanish children. Our second objective was then to determine the convergent validity for trait consistency and occasion-specificity variance components within and across settings. SCT ratings reflected mostly trait consistency for mothers, fathers, and primary teachers (less so for secondary teachers) with the convergent validity for trait consistency also being strong for mothers with fathers and for primary teachers with secondary teachers. Across home and school, however, convergent validity for trait consistency was low and even lower for occasion-specificity. Although SCT symptoms showed similar levels of trait consistency across occasions and convergent validity within settings as ADHD symptoms in a prior study, SCT symptoms had slightly weaker convergent validity for trait consistency across settings relative to ADHD symptoms.
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- Title
- How consistent is sluggish cognitive tempo across occasions, sources, and settings? Evidence from latent state-trait modeling
- Creators
- Jonathan Preszler - Washington State UniversityG. Leonard Burns - Washington State UniversityKaylee Litson - Utah State UniversityChristian Geiser - Utah State UniversityMateu Servera - University of the Balearic IslandsStephen P Becker - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- Publication Details
- Assessment (Odessa, Fla.), Vol.26(1), pp.99-110
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Identifiers
- 99900546552101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article