早期青春期认知能力的结构和与问题行为的关联:从青少年大脑认知发展研究的基线数据分析
Dawn Michele Moore1, Andrew R A Conway2
1Division of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 91711, USA.
Journal of Intelligence
|May 26, 2023
概括
这项研究使用ABCD研究数据分析了早期青少年的认知能力. 识别出一种新的认知能力三因素结构,显示出与行为问题存在很小的相关性.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 青少年大脑认知发展 (ABCD) 研究提供了关于儿童神经发育的广泛数据.
- 之前的研究利用了ABCD基线数据上的主要成分分析 (PCA) 来探索认知结构.
- 了解青春期早期认知功能与行为之间的关系至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 用因子分析确定早期青少年神经认知措施的基本因子结构.
- 检查识别的认知因素和父母报告的行为问题之间的关联.
- 为现有模型提出一个替代因素结构.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自ABCD研究的基线数据 (n=9875),包括9-10岁的儿童.
- 在神经认知任务 (情节性记忆,执行功能,语言,处理速度,工作记忆,视觉空间能力,推理) 上使用探索因素分析 (EFA) 和确认因素分析 (CFA).
- 对儿童行为检查清单 (CBCL) 评分进行线性回归分析,控制人口统计和社会经济因素.
主要成果:
- 一个新的三因素结构出现了:口头能力 (VA),执行功能/处理速度 (EF/PS) 和工作记忆/情节性记忆 (WM/EM).
- 这些认知因素与CBCL得分对内部化,外部化和与压力相关的行为有统计学显著的相关性.
- 认知因素和行为问题之间的相关性效应大小很小.
结论:
- 这项研究提出了基于ABCD数据的强大三因素模型,用于青春期早期的认知能力.
- 这种因子结构为我们提供了关于认知功能如何在这个发育期与行为挑战相关的新见解.
- 这些发现有助于对神经认知发育及其行为相关的细微理解.
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