Creating a Developmental Scale to Account for Heterotypic Continuity in Development: A Simulation Study |
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Authors: | Isaac T Petersen Brandon LeBeau Daniel Ewon Choe |
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Institution: | 1. University of Iowa;2. University of California, Davis |
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Abstract: | Many psychological constructs show heterotypic continuity—their behavioral manifestations change with development but their meaning remains the same. However, research has paid little attention to how to account for heterotypic continuity. A promising approach to account for heterotypic continuity is creating a developmental scale using vertical scaling. A simulation was conducted to compare creating a developmental scale using vertical scaling to traditional approaches of longitudinal assessment. Traditional approaches that failed to account for heterotypic continuity resulted in less accurate growth estimates, at the person- and group level. Findings suggest that ignoring heterotypic continuity may result in faulty developmental inferences. Creating a developmental scale with vertical scaling is recommended to link different measures across time and account for heterotypic continuity. |
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