Testing all six person-oriented principles in dynamic factor analysis

• Published in: Development and psychopathology Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 255 - 259
• Main Author: Molenaar, Peter C. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.05.2010
• Subjects: Child; Computer applications; Developmental psychology; Factor analysis; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Humans; Individuality; Mental Disorders - diagnosis; Mental Disorders - psychology; Models, Psychological; Multivariate Analysis; Personality Development; Phase transitions; Psychological Theory; Psychometrics - methods; Psychopathology; Psychopathology - methods; Quantitative psychology; Research Design; Risk Factors; Statistical analysis; Time series; Variables
• ISSN: 0954-5794; 1469-2198; 1469-2198
• DOI: 10.1017/S0954579410000027

All six person-oriented principles identified by Sterba and Bauer's Keynote Article can be tested by means of dynamic factor analysis in its current form. In particular, it is shown how complex interactions and interindividual differences/intraindividual change can be tested in this way. In addition, the necessity to use single-subject methods in the analysis of developmental processes is emphasized, and attention is drawn to the possibility to optimally treat developmental psychopathology by means of new computational techniques that can be integrated with dynamic factor analysis.