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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Quantitative Psychology

Background:

  • Traditional research on executive functions (EFs) uses group averages, potentially masking individual developmental differences.
  • Variable-centered approaches may commit the fallacy of equating group-level trends with person-specific changes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate idiographic (person-specific) executive function fluctuation using an intensive longitudinal design.
  • To compare individual developmental trajectories with group-averaged trajectories.

Main Methods:

  • Employed an intensive longitudinal design with ten 4th-grade boys, collecting data across 33-43 remote measurement occasions over three months.
  • Utilized a computerized Dimensional Change Card Sort task for executive function assessment.
  • Applied multi-group analyses and dynamic structural equation modeling to examine individual and group-level data.

Main Results:

  • Dynamic structural equation modeling revealed unique individual executive function trajectories not captured by group averages.
  • Multi-group analyses showed distinct patterns of similarity and difference between participants.
  • Found varied associations between executive functions and inattention across individuals, with most showing a negative link, but two showing a positive one.

Conclusions:

  • Executive function development is highly individualized, necessitating person-specific analyses.
  • Aggregate data can obscure meaningful individual variability in executive functions and their correlates.
  • Future research should prioritize individual developmental trajectories before data aggregation.