A Brief Report on the Factor Structure of the Cognitive Measures in the HRS/AHEAD Studies
Using cognitive data from the Health and Retirement Study and Asset Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old studies that were collected between 1992 and 2004, McArdle and colleagues (2007) found that a two-factor model (episodic memory and mental status) fit better than a one-factor model. The question...
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| description | Using cognitive data from the Health and Retirement Study and Asset Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old studies that were collected between 1992 and 2004, McArdle and colleagues (2007) found that a two-factor model (episodic memory and mental status) fit better than a one-factor model. The question that was addressed in the present study was whether these results would replicate in newer cohorts of data, collected between 2006 and 2010. We also tested age, education, and gender as predictors of the identified factors. Results confirm that a two-factor structure fits better than the single-factor model in the newer cohorts. Differential predictors were also observed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6e9873851d5e4b67af240cd4164934c32025-02-03T01:03:10ZengWileyJournal of Aging Research2090-22042090-22122014-01-01201410.1155/2014/798514798514A Brief Report on the Factor Structure of the Cognitive Measures in the HRS/AHEAD StudiesA. Nayena Blankson0John J. McArdle1Department of Psychology, Spelman College, 350 Spelman Lane S. W., Box 259, Atlanta, GA 30314, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Southern California, 711 Seeley G. Mudd Building, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USAUsing cognitive data from the Health and Retirement Study and Asset Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old studies that were collected between 1992 and 2004, McArdle and colleagues (2007) found that a two-factor model (episodic memory and mental status) fit better than a one-factor model. The question that was addressed in the present study was whether these results would replicate in newer cohorts of data, collected between 2006 and 2010. We also tested age, education, and gender as predictors of the identified factors. Results confirm that a two-factor structure fits better than the single-factor model in the newer cohorts. Differential predictors were also observed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/798514 |
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| title | A Brief Report on the Factor Structure of the Cognitive Measures in the HRS/AHEAD Studies |
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