Examining longitudinal bidirectional effects between parent functioning and child functioning across socioeconomic contexts
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Silver, Kristina
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eng
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Child functioning , Child adjustment , Socioeconomic privilege , Socioeconomic status
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Universality with respect to reliability and validity of psychosocial constructs and models is a key area of inquiry when seeking to leverage scientific findings for the public good, such as in designing policies or interventions. This study seeks to understand whether variance exists in models of bidirectional effects between parent functioning and child functioning across socioeconomic contexts. Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten (ECLS-K) 2011 cohort this work examines a five-year period, beginning at the child’s Kindergarten year and ending at their fifth-grade year. Confirmatory factor analysis with longitudinal and multigroup invariance tests was conducted to first assess the appropriateness of the measurement models. Next, cross-lagged panel analysis with multigroup invariance tests were performed to identify whether variations were present according to socioeconomic privilege. Results demonstrated that the measurement model for child functioning, which has been used in previous works of literature, did not fit the group with low socioeconomic privilege, though was appropriate for groups with medium and high socioeconomic privilege. Further study of the medium and high socioeconomic privilege groups demonstrated variant models of bidirectional effects between parent functioning and child functioning. This work underlines and discusses the nuances of comparing populations, both from a measurement perspective and from a qualitative perspective.
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