The factor structure of effortful control and measurement invariance across ethnicity and sex in a high-risk sample

Michael J. Sulik; Snjezana Huerta; Argero A. Zerr; Nancy Eisenberg; Tracy Spinrad; Carlos Valiente; Laura Di Giunta; Armando Pina; Natalie Wilkens; Julie Sallquist; Alison Edwards; Anne Kupfer; Christopher J. Lonigan; Beth M. Phillips; Shauna B. Wilson; Jeanine Clancy-Menchetti; Susan H. Landry; Paul R. Swank; Michael A. Assel; Heather B. Taylor

doi:10.1007/s10862-009-9164-y

The factor structure of effortful control and measurement invariance across ethnicity and sex in a high-risk sample

Michael J. Sulik, Snjezana Huerta, Argero A. Zerr, Nancy Eisenberg, Tracy Spinrad, Carlos Valiente, Laura Di Giunta, Armando Pina, Natalie Wilkens, Julie Sallquist, Alison Edwards, Anne Kupfer, Christopher J. Lonigan, Beth M. Phillips, Shauna B. Wilson, Jeanine Clancy-Menchetti, Susan H. Landry, Paul R. Swank, Michael A. Assel, Heather B. Taylor

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Abstract

Measurement invariance of a one-factor model of effortful control (EC) was tested for 853 low-income preschoolers (M age = 4.48 years). Using a teacher-report questionnaire and seven behavioral measures, configural invariance (same factor structure across groups), metric invariance (same pattern of factor loadings across groups), and partial scalar invariance (mostly the same intercepts across groups) were established across ethnicity (European Americans, African Americans and Hispanics) and across sex. These results suggest that the latent construct of EC behaved in a similar way across ethnic groups and sex, and that comparisons of mean levels of EC are valid across sex and probably valid across ethnicity, especially when larger numbers of tasks are used. The findings also support the use of diverse behavioral measures as indicators of a single latent EC construct.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	8-22
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
Volume	32
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-009-9164-y
State	Published - Mar 2010

Keywords

Effortful control
Ethnicity
Measurement invariance
Regulation
Sex differences

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Clinical Psychology

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Sulik, M. J., Huerta, S., Zerr, A. A., Eisenberg, N., Spinrad, T., Valiente, C., Di Giunta, L., Pina, A., Wilkens, N., Sallquist, J., Edwards, A., Kupfer, A., Lonigan, C. J., Phillips, B. M., Wilson, S. B., Clancy-Menchetti, J., Landry, S. H., Swank, P. R., Assel, M. A., & Taylor, H. B. (2010). The factor structure of effortful control and measurement invariance across ethnicity and sex in a high-risk sample. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 32(1), 8-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-009-9164-y

Sulik, MJ, Huerta, S, Zerr, AA, Eisenberg, N, Spinrad, T, Valiente, C, Di Giunta, L, Pina, A , Wilkens, N, Sallquist, J, Edwards, A, Kupfer, A, Lonigan, CJ, Phillips, BM, Wilson, SB, Clancy-Menchetti, J, Landry, SH, Swank, PR, Assel, MA & Taylor, HB 2010, 'The factor structure of effortful control and measurement invariance across ethnicity and sex in a high-risk sample', Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 8-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-009-9164-y

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