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Developmental Neuropsychology Volume 14, 1998 - Issue 1: Behavioral Genetics
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A contemporary method for developmental‐genetic analyses of age changes in intellectual abilities

John J. McArdle Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22903–2477
,
Carol A. Prescott Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University
,
Fumiaki Hamagami Department of Psychology, University of Virginia
&
John L. Horn Department of Psychology, University of Southern California
Pages 69-114 | Published online: 04 Nov 2009
 
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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to describe a methodology for the evaluation of biometric genetic hypotheses in the context of a developmental model of growth and change. Linear structural equation models are described for longitudinal and twin data, including aspects of subject attrition and practice effects. These models are applied to 2 variables measured at several points in time in the New York Twin Study (Jarvik, Kallman, & Falek, 1962; Kallman, Feingold, & Bondy, 1951). The patterns of psychometric and biometric changes are different for the 2 intellectual variables. Substantive results are discussed in relation to gf/gc theory (Cattell, 1971; Horn, 1988), and some methodological limitations are emphasized.

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