Development of Internalizing Problems from Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: Accounting for Heterotypic Continuity with Vertical Scaling

Autor/inn/en	Petersen, Isaac T.; Lindhiem, Oliver; LeBeau, Brandon; Bates, John E.; Pettit, Gregory S.; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Dodge, Kenneth A.
Titel	Development of Internalizing Problems from Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: Accounting for Heterotypic Continuity with Vertical Scaling
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 54 (2018) 3, S.586-599 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Petersen, Isaac T.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000449
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Young Adults; Anxiety; Depression (Psychology); Developmental Stages; Adolescent Development; Longitudinal Studies; Item Response Theory; Scaling; Age Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Attitude Measures; Parents; Teachers; Peer Relationship; Childhood Attitudes; Rating Scales; Statistical Analysis; Developmental Psychology; Tennessee; Indiana; Hollingshead Social Economic Status Measures + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Angst; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Item-Response-Theorie; Scale construction; Skalenkonstruktion; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Eltern; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Peer-Beziehungen; Rating-Skala; Statistische Analyse; Entwicklungspsychologie
Abstract	Manifestations of internalizing problems, such as specific symptoms of anxiety and depression, can change across development, even if individuals show strong continuity in rank-order levels of internalizing problems. This illustrates the concept of heterotypic continuity, and raises the question of whether common measures might be construct-valid for one age but not another. This study examines mean-level changes in internalizing problems across a long span of development at the same time as accounting for heterotypic continuity by using age-appropriate, changing measures. Internalizing problems from age 14-24 were studied longitudinally in a community sample (N = 585), using Achenbach's Youth Self-Report (YSR) and Young Adult Self-Report (YASR). Heterotypic continuity was evaluated with an item response theory (IRT) approach to vertical scaling, linking different measures over time to be on the same scale, as well as with a Thurstone scaling approach. With vertical scaling, internalizing problems peaked in mid-to-late adolescence and showed a group-level decrease from adolescence to early adulthood, a change that would not have been seen with the approach of using only age-common items. Individuals' trajectories were sometimes different than would have been seen with the common-items approach. Findings support the importance of considering heterotypic continuity when examining development and vertical scaling to account for heterotypic continuity with changing measures. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01