“To g or not to g?” — Analysis of the dimensional structure of a cognitive abilities’ battery

Lemos, Gina C.; Peixoto, Francisco José Brito; Almeida, Leandro da Silva

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“To g or not to g?” — Analysis of the dimensional structure of a cognitive abilities’ battery

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dc.contributor.author	Lemos, Gina C.
dc.contributor.author	Peixoto, Francisco José Brito
dc.contributor.author	Almeida, Leandro da Silva
dc.date.accessioned	2020-02-13T20:44:18Z
dc.date.available	2020-02-13T20:44:18Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.description.abstract	tOver the past century there has been an extensive debate in Psychology over whether intelligencestructure is best represented through a single general ability, multiple specific abilities, or a hierar-chical structure of abilities. This study aims at contributing to this debate through an analysis of thedimensional structure of a cognitive abilities’ battery aiming to evaluate, in combination, differentiatedcognitive processes of increasing complexity (comprehension, reasoning, and problem solving) throughitems of different contents (verbal, numerical, and spatial). A Portuguese representative sample of 2546adolescents enrolled in secondary education participated in the study. Confirmatory factor analyses werecarried out and the results showed that: (1) the hierarchical model is the only presenting an acceptablefit to the data (RMSEA = .07; CFI = .96; TLI = .92), (2) the existence of specific factors cannot be neglected,and (3) contents of the subtests assume relevance to explain the levels of adolescents’ cognitive per-formance. These results are discussed taking into account the contribution of school experience for thedevelopment and differentiation of adolescents’ cognitive abilities.	pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorship	Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	European Review of Applied Psychology Doi: 10.1016/j.erap.2020.100523	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.erap.2020.100523	pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn	11629088
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/7402
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	11629088	pt_PT
dc.relation	CONTEXTOS DE APRENDIZAGEM, DIFERENCIAÇÃO COGNITIVA E RENDIMENTO ACADÉMICO EM ADOLESCENTES PORTUGUESES
dc.relation	Research Centre on Education
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Intelligence cognitive	pt_PT
dc.subject	Abilities Intelligence	pt_PT
dc.subject	Structure	pt_PT
dc.subject	CHC Model	pt_PT
dc.subject	Adolescence	pt_PT
dc.title	“To g or not to g?” — Analysis of the dimensional structure of a cognitive abilities’ battery	pt_PT
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