Using Accuracy and Response Times to Assess Inhibitory Control in Kindergarten Children: An Analysis with Explanatory Item Response Models

Autor/inn/en	Schulz, Daniel; Richter, Tobias; Schindler, Julia; Lenhard, Wolfgang; Mangold, Madlen
Titel	Using Accuracy and Response Times to Assess Inhibitory Control in Kindergarten Children: An Analysis with Explanatory Item Response Models
Quelle	In: Journal of Cognition and Development, 24 (2023) 1, S.82-104 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Schulz, Daniel) ORCID (Richter, Tobias) ORCID (Schindler, Julia) ORCID (Lenhard, Wolfgang) ORCID (Mangold, Madlen)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1524-8372
DOI	10.1080/15248372.2022.2119977
Schlagwörter	Kindergarten; Item Response Theory; Reaction Time; Inhibition; Executive Function; Accuracy; Computer Assisted Testing; Color; Visual Stimuli; Interference (Learning); Intelligence; Correlation; Measurement; Preschool Children; Age Differences; Child Care Centers; Foreign Countries; Switzerland; Austria; Stroop Color Word Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Item-Response-Theorie; Reaktionsvermögen; Hemmung; Colour; Farbbezeichnung; Farbe; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Korrelation; Messverfahren; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kinderbetreuung; Ausland; Schweiz; Österreich
Abstract	Inhibitory control is a core executive function that develops during childhood and is measured with tasks that require the inhibition of a dominant response. The current study examined the diagnostic value of using response accuracy and latency in a simple inhibitory control test, the computerized Pointing-Stroop Task (cPST), for kindergarten children. The cPST was completed by 135 children, ages 3 through 6 years with diverse national and cultural backgrounds. In explanatory response models, item difficulties and time intensities could be predicted very reliably by congruency and item position, with incongruent responses causing more errors and longer response latency. Moreover, the prediction of fluid intelligence (a close correlate of inhibitory control) from children's performance in the cPST was enhanced by using response accuracy and response latency, which had a multiplicative effect, indicating that efficient (accurate and fast) inhibitory control is related to fluid intelligence. These results suggest that measuring the efficiency of inhibitory control in young children is a more appropriate assessment than using either response accuracy or response latency. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01