Estructura Latente de las Funciones Ejecutivas en Adolescentes: Invarianza Factorial a través del Sexo
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Los objetivos del presente estudio fueron (i) analizar la estructura latente de las Funciones Ejecutivas (FE) en adolescentes y (ii) comprobar su invarianza factorial (i,e., configural, métrica, escalar, estructural y residual) a través del sexo. Se trabajó con una muestra de 125 adolescentes de 11 a 15 años de edad de ambos sexos a los que se administró diferentes tareas de FE. Se empleó Análisis Factorial Confirmatorio (AFC) y AFC Multigrupo (AFCMG). El AFC ofreció apoyo para la estructura de tres factores separados pero relacionados: (i) Memoria de trabajo, (ii) Flexibilidad Cognitiva y (iii) Inhibición. Además, el AFCMG reveló que la estructura de tres factores es invariante a través del sexo, lo que permite la comparación entre los grupos de los componentes hallados. Finalmente, el análisis multivariado de varianza (MANOVA) reveló diferencias significativas en el factor Flexibilidad Cognitiva a favor de las mujeres. Se discuten los resultados en términos de la naturaleza dimensional del constructo en adolescentes y de las diferencias de rendimiento cognitivo en función del sexo.
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Vanessa Arán Filippetti, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicología Matemática y Experimental (CIIPME), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET).
Investigadora CONICETMariana Beatriz López, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicología Matemática y Experimental (CIIPME) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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