Psychometric Investigation of the Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices Test in a Sample of Preschool Children

Autor(es)

Lucio, Patricia Silva ^[1] ; Cogo-Moreira, Hugo ^[2] ; Puglisi, Marina ^[2] ; Polanczyk, Guilherme Vanoni ^[3] ; Little, Todd D. ^[4]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Londrina, Londrina, Parana - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[4] Texas Tech Univ, Lubbock, TX 79409 - USA

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: ASSESSMENT; v. 26, n. 7, p. 1399-1408, OCT 2019.
• Citações Web of Science: 3

Resumo

The present study investigated the psychometric properties of the Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices (CPM) test in a sample of preschoolers from Brazil (n = 582; age: mean = 57 months, SD = 7 months; 46% female). We investigated the plausibility of unidimensionality of the items (confirmatory factor analysis) and differential item functioning (DIF) for sex and age (multiple indicators multiple causes method). We tested four unidimensional models and the one with the best-fit index was a reduced form of the Raven's CPM. The DIF analysis was carried out with the reduced form of the test. A few items presented DIF (two for sex and one for age), confirming that the Raven's CPM items are mostly measurement invariant. There was no effect of sex on the general factor, but increasing age was associated with higher values of the g factor. Future research should indicate if the reduced form is suitable for evaluating the general ability of preschoolers. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 12/51624-1 - Um ensaio clínico randomizado comparando o efeito do treino de funções executivas e de habilidades de linguagem sobre a prontidão escolar em crianças pré-escolares
• Beneficiário: Guilherme Vanoni Polanczyk
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular