Journal article
Development of internalizing problems from adolescence to emerging adulthood: Accounting for heterotypic continuity with vertical scaling
Developmental psychology, Vol.54(3), pp.586-599
03/2018
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000449
PMCID: PMC5826815
PMID: 29154652
Abstract
Manifestations of internalizing problems, such as specific symptoms of anxiety and depression, can change across development, even if individuals show strong continuity in rank-order levels of internalizing problems. This illustrates the concept of heterotypic continuity, and raises the question of whether common measures might be construct-valid for one age but not another. This study examines mean-level changes in internalizing problems across a long span of development at the same time as accounting for heterotypic continuity by using age-appropriate, changing measures. Internalizing problems from age 14-24 were studied longitudinally in a community sample (N = 585), using Achenbach's Youth Self-Report (YSR) and Young Adult Self-Report (YASR). Heterotypic continuity was evaluated with an item response theory (IRT) approach to vertical scaling, linking different measures over time to be on the same scale, as well as with a Thurstone scaling approach. With vertical scaling, internalizing problems peaked in mid-to-late adolescence and showed a group-level decrease from adolescence to early adulthood, a change that would not have been seen with the approach of using only age-common items. Individuals' trajectories were sometimes different than would have been seen with the common-items approach. Findings support the importance of considering heterotypic continuity when examining development and vertical scaling to account for heterotypic continuity with changing measures. (PsycINFO Database Record
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- Title: Subtitle
- Development of internalizing problems from adolescence to emerging adulthood: Accounting for heterotypic continuity with vertical scaling
- Creators
- Isaac T Petersen - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of IowaOliver Lindhiem - Department of Psychiatry, University of PittsburghBrandon LeBeau - Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations, University of IowaJohn E Bates - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana UniversityGregory S Pettit - Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn UniversityJennifer E Lansford - Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke UniversityKenneth A Dodge - Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Developmental psychology, Vol.54(3), pp.586-599
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1037/dev0000449
- PMID
- 29154652
- PMCID
- PMC5826815
- ISSN
- 0012-1649
- eISSN
- 1939-0599
- Grant note
- R01 MH056961 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 HD030572 / NICHD NIH HHS R01 MH057024 / NIMH NIH HHS Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development R01 MH057095 / NIMH NIH HHS NIDA NIH HHS R01 MH042498 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 DA016903 / NIDA NIH HHS NIMH NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2018
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Center for Social Science Innovation; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9983993496602771
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