Latent mean and covariance differences with measurement equivalence in college students with developmental difficulties versus the wechsler adult intelligence scale-III/wechsler memory scale-III normative sample

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 621-642

  Bowden, Stephen C ^a   Gregg, Noel ^b   Bandalos, Deborah ^b   Davis, Mark ^b   Coleman, Chris ^b   Holdnack, James A ^c   Weiss, Larry G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Psychological Corporation

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Learning difficulties; Measurement invariance; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Third Edition; Wechsler Memory Scale Third Edition

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749117963     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164407310126     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, & National Council on Measurement in Education. (1999). Standards for educational and psychological testing. Washington, DC: Authors.
2. Bates, E., Appelbaum, M., Salcedo, J., Saygin, A.P., & Pizzamiglio, L. (2003). Quantifying dissociations in neuropsychological research. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 25, 1128-1153.
3. Bowden, S.C., Carstairs, J.R., & Shores, E.A. (1999). Confirmatory factor analysis of combined Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised and Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised scores in a healthy community sample. Psychological Assessment, 11, 339-344.
4. Bowden, S.C., Cook, M.J., Bardenhagen, F.J., Shores, E.A., & Carstairs, J.R. (2004). Measurement invariance of core cognitive abilities in heterogeneous neurological and community samples. Intelligence, 33, 363-389.
5. Bowden, S.C., Ritter, A.J., Carstairs, J.R., Shores, E.A., Pead, J., Greeley, J.D., et al. (2001). Factorial invariance for combined WAIS-R and WMS-R scores in a sample of patients with alcohol dependency. Clinical Neuropsychologist, 15, 69-80.
6. Bowden, S.C., Weiss, L.G., & Holdnack, J.A. (2007). Examination of factorial invariance across education categories in the WAIS-III/WMS-III standardization sample. Manuscript in preparation.
7. Bowden, S.C., Weiss, L.G., Holdnack, J.A., Bardenhagen, F.J., & Cook, M.J. (in press). Equivalence of a measurement model of cognitive abilities in the U.S. standardization and Australian clinical samples. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology.
8. Bowden, S.C., Weiss, L.G., Holdnack, J.A., & Lloyd, D. (2006). Age-related invariance of abilities measured with the Wechsler Adults Intelligence Scale-III. Psychological Assessment, 18, 334-339.
9. Byrne, B.M. (1998). Structural equation modeling with LISREL, PRELIS, and SIMPLIS: Basic concepts, applications, and programming. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
10. Byrne, B.M., Shavelson, R.J., & Muthn, B. (1989). Testing for the equivalence of factor covariance and mean structures: The issue of partial measurement invariance. Psychological Bulletin, 105, 456-466.
11. Carroll, J.B. (1993). Human cognitive abilities. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
12. Cheung, G.W., & Rensvold, R.B. (2002). Evaluating goodness-of-fit indexes for testing measurement invariance. Structural Equation Modeling, 9, 233-255.
13. Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis for the behavioural sciences (2 nd ed.). New York: Academic.
14. Dudgeon, P.L. (2004). A note on extending Steiger's (1998) multiple sample RMSEA adjustment to other noncentrality parameter-based statistics. Structural Equation Modeling, 11, 305-319.
15. Glutting, J.J., Watkins, M.W., Konold, T.R., & McDermott, P.A. (2006). Distinctions without a difference: The utility of observed versus latent factors from the WISC-IV in estimating reading and math achievement on the WIAT-II. Journal of Special Education, 40, 103-114.
16. Gregg, N., Coleman, C., Davis, M., Lindstrom, W., & Hartwig, J. (2006). Critical issues for the diagnosis of learning disabilities in the adult population. Psychology in the Schools, 43, 889-900.
17. Gregg, N., Hoy, C., Flaherty, D.A., Norris, P., Coleman, C., Davis, M., et al. (2005). Documenting decoding and spelling accommodations for postsecondary students demonstrating dyslexia-It's more than processing speed. Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 3, 1-17.
18. Gregg, N., & Scott, S. (2000). Definition and documentation: Theory, measurement and the court. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 33, 5-13.
19. Gregg, N., Scott, S., McPeek, D., & Ferri, B.A. (1999). Definitions and eligibility criteria applied to the adolescent and adult populations with learning disabilities across agencies. Learning Disabilities Quarterly, 22, 213-223.
20. Hancock, G.R. (2001). Effect size, power, and sample size determination for structured means modeling and MIMIC approaches to between-groups hypothesis testing of means on a single latent construct. Psychometrika, 66, 373-388.
21. Hawkins, K.A., & Tulsky, D.S. (2003). WAIS-III WMS-III discrepancy analysis: Six-factor model index discrepancy based rates, implications, and a preliminary consideration of utility. In D. S. Tulsky, D. H. Saklofske, G. J. Chelune, R. K. Heaton, & R. J. Ivnik (Eds.), Clinical interpretation of the WAIS-III and WMS-III (pp. 211-272). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
22. Heaton, R.K., Taylor, M.J., & Manly, J. (2003). Demographic effects and use of demographically corrected norms with the WAIS-III and WMS-III. In D. S. Tulsky, D. H. Saklofske, G. J. Chelune, R. K. Heaton, & R. J. Ivnik (Eds.), Clinical interpretation of the WAIS-III and WMS-III. (pp. 181-210). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
23. Henson, R.K. (2006). Effect size measures and meta-analytic thinking in counseling psychology research. Counseling Psychologist, 34, 601-629.
24. Holdnack, J.A., Moberg, P.J., Arnold, S.E., Gur, R.C., & Gur, R.E. (1995). Speed of processing and verbal learning deficits in adults diagnosed with ADD. Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology, 8, 282-292.
25. Horn, J.L., & McArdle, J.J. (1992). A practical and theoretical guide to measurement invariance in aging research. Experimental Aging Research, 18, 117-144.
26. Kaufman, A.S., & Lichtenberger, E.O. (2002). Assessing adolescent and adult intelligence (2 nd ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
27. Keith, T.Z. (1997). Using confirmatory factor analysis to aid in understanding the constructs measured by intelligence tests. In D. P. Flanagan, J. L. Genshaft, & P. Harrison (Eds.), Contemporary intellectual assessment: Theories, tests and issues (pp. 373-402). New York: Guilford.
28. Meredith, W. (1993). Measurement invariance, factor analysis and factorial invariance. Psychometrika, 58, 525-543.
29. Muthn, L.K., & Muthn, B.O. (2004). Mplus user's guide (Version 3) [Computer manual]. Los Angeles, CA: Muthn & Muthn.
30. Nigg, J.T., Stavro, G., Ettenhofer, M., Hambrick, D.Z., Miller, T., & Henderson, J.M. (2005). Executive functions and ADHD in adults: Evidence for selective effects on ADHD symptom domains. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 114, 706-717.
31. The Psychological Corporation. (2002). WAIS-III WMS-III technical manual (Rev. ed.). San Antonio, TX: Author.
32. Reynolds, C.R., & French, C.L. (2003). The neuropsychological basis of intelligence: Some false starts and a clinical model. In A. N. Horton & L. C. Hartledge (Eds.), Handbook of forensic neuropsychology (pp. 35-92). New York: Springer.
33. Rindskopf, D., & Rose, T. (1988). Some theory and applications for confirmatory second-order factor analysis. Multivariate Behavioural Research, 23, 51-67.
34. Sattler, J.M. (2001). Assessment of children (4 th ed.). San Diego, CA: Author.
35. Tulsky, D.S., & Price, L.R. (2003). The joint WAIS-III and WMS-III factor structure: Development and cross-validation of a six-factor model of cognitive functioning. Psychological Assessment, 15, 149-162.
36. Vandenberg, R.J., & Lance, C.E. (2000). A review and synthesis of the measurements invariance literature: Suggestions, practices, and recommendations for organizational research. Organizational Research Methods, 3, 4-69.
37. Widaman, K.F., & Reise, S.P. (1997). Exploring the measurement invariance of psychological instruments: Applications in the substance abuse domain. In K. J. Bryant & M. Windle (Eds.), The science of prevention: Methodological advance from alcohol and substance abuse research (pp. 281-324). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
38. Woodcock, R.W., McGrew, K., & Mather, N. (2001). Woodcock-Johnson III. Itasca, IL: Riverside Publishing.