TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing Early Childhood Fluid Reasoning in Low- and Middle-Income Nations
T2 - Validity of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence Across Seven MAL-ED Sites
AU - Ruan-Iu, Linda
AU - Pendergast, Laura L.
AU - Rasheed, Muneera
AU - Tofail, Fahmida
AU - Svensen, Erling
AU - Maphula, Angelina
AU - Roshan, Reeba
AU - Nahar, Baitun
AU - Shrestha, Rita
AU - Williams, Brittney
AU - Schaefer, Barbara A.
AU - Scharf, Rebecca
AU - Caulfield, Laura E.
AU - Seidman, Jessica
AU - Murray-Kolb, Laura E.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: The Etiology, Risk Factors, and Interactions of Enteric Infections and Malnutrition and the Consequences for Child Health and Development (MAL-ED) project is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institutes of Health/Fogarty International Center. We thank the staff and participants of the MAL-ED Network Project for their important contributions.
Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: The Etiology, Risk Factors, and Interactions of Enteric Infections and Malnutrition and the Consequences for Child Health and Development (MAL-ED) project is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institutes of Health/Fogarty International Center. We thank the staff and participants of the MAL-ED Network Project for their important contributions.
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PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - An adapted version of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence—Third Edition (WPPSI-III) was administered to assess cognitive functioning among 1,253 5-year-old children from the Malnutrition and Enteric Disease (MAL-ED) study—an international, multisite study investigating multiple aspects of child development. In this study, the factor structure and invariance of the WPPSI-III were examined across seven international research sites located in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa, and Tanzania. Using a multiple indicator multiple cause (MIMIC) modeling approach, the findings supported the validity of a fluid reasoning dimension (comprised of block design, matrix reasoning, and picture completion subscales) across each of the seven sites, although the scores were noninvariant. Accordingly, these scores are recommended for research purposes and understanding relationships between variables but not for mean comparisons or clinical purposes.
AB - An adapted version of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence—Third Edition (WPPSI-III) was administered to assess cognitive functioning among 1,253 5-year-old children from the Malnutrition and Enteric Disease (MAL-ED) study—an international, multisite study investigating multiple aspects of child development. In this study, the factor structure and invariance of the WPPSI-III were examined across seven international research sites located in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa, and Tanzania. Using a multiple indicator multiple cause (MIMIC) modeling approach, the findings supported the validity of a fluid reasoning dimension (comprised of block design, matrix reasoning, and picture completion subscales) across each of the seven sites, although the scores were noninvariant. Accordingly, these scores are recommended for research purposes and understanding relationships between variables but not for mean comparisons or clinical purposes.
KW - MAL-ED
KW - assessment
KW - cognitive
KW - early childhood
KW - intellectual
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U2 - 10.1177/0734282919850040
DO - 10.1177/0734282919850040
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85081679061
SN - 0734-2829
VL - 38
SP - 256
EP - 262
JO - Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
JF - Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
IS - 2
ER -