Longitudinal applications of a behavioral screener of executive functioning: assessing factorial invariance and exploring latent growth.
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| Abstract |    :  
                  This study included a replicated derivation of a behavioral screener for executive functions among children, longitudinal invariance analyses to evaluate measurement reliability across time, and latent growth modeling of 4 executive functions: problem solving, attentional control, behavioral control, and emotional control. The sample included 1,237 (52% female) participants age 6 to 11 years. Participants were tracked longitudinally for 3 years with 5 assessment waves, and new participants were recruited at each wave to compensate for attrition. As predicted, the 4-factor model was successfully replicated, with longitudinal invariance newly confirmed. These findings support this screener as a reliable childhood measure for executive functions, and latent growth modeling identified predictive qualities of gender and age on levels and changes in these constructs.  | 
        
| Year of Publication |    :  
                  2013 
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| Journal |    :  
                  Psychological assessment 
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| Volume |    :  
                  25 
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| Issue |    :  
                  4 
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| Number of Pages |    :  
                  1300-13 
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| ISSN Number |    :  
                  1040-3590 
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| URL |    :  
                  http://content.apa.org/journals/pas/25/4/1300 
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| DOI |    :  
                  10.1037/a0034046 
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| Short Title |    :  
                  Psychol Assess 
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