Latent Profile and Cluster Analysis of Infant Temperament: Comparisons across Person-Centered Approaches

Autor/inn/en	Gartstein, Maria A.; Prokasky, Amanda; Bell, Martha Ann; Calkins, Susan; Bridgett, David J.; Braungart-Rieker, Julia; Leerkes, Esther; Cheatham, Carol L.; Eiden, Rina D.; Mize, Krystal D.; Jones, Nancy Aaron; Mireault, Gina; Seamon, Erich
Titel	Latent Profile and Cluster Analysis of Infant Temperament: Comparisons across Person-Centered Approaches
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 53 (2017) 10, S.1811-1825 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000382
Schlagwörter	Multivariate Analysis; Infants; Personality; Comparative Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Identification; Age Differences; Questionnaires; Maximum Likelihood Statistics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Multivariate Analyse; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Personalität; Statistische Analyse; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Fragebogen
Abstract	There is renewed interest in person-centered approaches to understanding the structure of temperament. However, questions concerning temperament types are not frequently framed in a developmental context, especially during infancy. In addition, the most common person-centered techniques, cluster analysis (CA) and latent profile analysis (LPA), have not been compared with respect to derived temperament types. To address these gaps, we set out to identify temperament types for younger and older infants, comparing LPA and CA techniques. Multiple data sets (N = 1,356; 672 girls, 677 boys) with maternal ratings of infant temperament obtained using the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (Gartstein & Rothbart, 2003) were combined. All infants were between 3 and 12 months of age (M = 7.85; SD = 3.00). Due to rapid development in the first year of life, LPA and CA were performed separately for younger (n = 731; 3 to 8 months of age) and older (n = 625; 9 to 12 months of age) infants. Results supported 3-profile/cluster solutions as optimal for younger infants, and 5-profile/cluster solutions for the older subsample, indicating considerable differences between early/mid and late infancy. LPA and CA solutions produced relatively comparable types for younger and older infants. Results are discussed in the context of developmental changes unique to the end of the first year of life, which likely account for the present findings. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01