This study tested the assumption that the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Fourth Edition (Bayley-4) functions similarly for boys and girls and for four age groups. The Bayley-4 American norming sample of 1,700 children ages 0-42 months (3.5 years) was used, which included 50% boys and girls. Fifty-three percent of the children identified as White, 22.1% as Hispanic, 12.5% as Black, 8.5% as other, and 4.0% as Asian. A confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated the three-factor structure of cognitive, language, and motor abilities fit the data well (comparative fit index = .99, root-mean-square of error of approximation = .08, standardized root-mean-square residual = .02) and fit significantly better than the two- and one-factor models. The correlations between the latent factors were moderate (r = .73) to large sized (r = .81). Measurement and structural invariance were tested for boys and girls and four age groups (0-5, 6-13, 14-25, and 26-42 months). Residual invariance was supported for girls and boys, and intercept invariance was supported for the four age groups. The measurement invariance results suggest the Bayley-4 is not biased toward these gender and age groups, and group comparisons and decision making can be made with the Bayley-4 scores. Structural invariance findings suggested some differences for gender and age groups. The relations between the cognitive, language, and motor factors and factor variances were equal across girls and boys but differed significantly across the four age groups. Girls scored significantly higher on the three latent means, but these differences were small to negligible. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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Bayley-4 是否在女孩、男孩、婴儿、幼儿和学龄前儿童中测量相同的结构？


本研究检验了以下假设：Bayley 婴幼儿发育量表第四版 （Bayley-4） 对男孩和女孩以及四个年龄组的功能相似。使用了 1,700 名 0-42 个月（3.5 岁）儿童的 Bayley-4 美国规范样本，其中包括 50% 的男孩和女孩。53% 的儿童是白人，22.1% 是西班牙裔，12.5% 是黑人，8.5% 是其他，4.0% 是亚裔。验证性因子分析表明，认知、语言和运动能力的三因素结构与数据拟合良好（比较拟合指数 = .99，近似误差均方根 = .08，标准化均方根残差 = .02），并且拟合度明显优于双因素和单因素模型。潜在因素之间的相关性为中等 （r = .73） 到大 （r = .81）。对男孩和女孩以及四个年龄组 （0-5 、 6-13 、 14-25 和 26-42 个月） 的测量和结构不变性进行了测试。女孩和男孩支持残差不变性，四个年龄组支持截距不变性。测量不变性结果表明 Bayley-4 不偏向于这些性别和年龄组，并且可以使用 Bayley-4 评分进行组比较和决策。结构不变性研究结果表明，性别和年龄组存在一些差异。认知、语言和运动因素之间的关系以及因素方差在女孩和男孩之间相等，但在四个年龄组中差异显著。女孩在 3 个潜在均值上的得分显著更高，但这些差异很小，甚至可以忽略不计。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 （c） 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。