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Cross-sectional age variance extraction: What's change got to do with it?

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: In cross-sectional age variance extraction (CAVE), age, the indicator of a hypothesized developmental mechanism, and a developmental outcome are specified as independent, mediator, and target variables, respectively, to test hypotheses about behavioral development. We show that: (a) longitudinal change in a mediator variable accounting for substantial cross-sectional age-related variance in the target variable need not correlate with the target variable's longitudinal change; and, conversely, (b) longitudinal change in a mediator not sharing cross-sectional age-related variance with the target variable may nevertheless correlate highly with that variable's longitudinal change. We discourage use of CAVE for testing multivariate hypotheses about behavioral development.

Source: Psychology and Aging

DOI: 10.1037/a0020525

Authors: Ulman Lindenberger, Timo von Oertzen, Paolo Ghisletta, Christopher Hertzog

Institutions: Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Max Planck Society, University of Geneva

Language: English

Topic: Aging and Gerontology Research

Subfield: Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1978985638

FWCI: 22.41

Cites: 56

Cited by: 290

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