推进人类生活史指标的心理测量学研究:K不测量生活史速度,但理论和证据表明值得进一步关注。

IF 2.2 2区 社会学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY Human Nature-An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Epub Date: 2021-05-28 DOI:10.1007/s12110-021-09398-5
George B Richardson, Nathan McGee, Lee T Copping
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在这篇文章中,我们注意到最近对生活史(LH)理论在人类变异中的心理测量应用的批评,并发展理论来推进潜在LH构念的研究。然后,我们重新分析Richardson等人之前研究的数据(n = 4,244)(进化心理学,15(1),2017,https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704916666840),以确定(a)之前报道的多维度证据是否对所采用的建模方法具有稳稳性,以及(b) LH指标的结构是否因性别而不变。研究结果进一步证明,单一的LH维度是不合理的,研究人员应该停止解释k因子得分作为LH速度的经验代理。与最初的研究相反,我们发现交配竞争和Super-K之间有一个小的负相关,这与权衡是一致的。对两性间测量不变性的测试揭示了度量不变性的证据(即,因子负荷的等效),这与K是其指标的近因的理论是一致的;然而,部分标量不变性的证据表明,当性别比较时,使用分数可能会引入偏见。我们讨论了局限性,并确定了研究人员可以用来进一步评估k因子和LH对人类变异的其他应用的有效性的方法。
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Advancing the Psychometric Study of Human Life History Indicators : K Does Not Measure Life History Speed, but Theory and Evidence Suggest It Deserves Further Attention.

In this article we attend to recent critiques of psychometric applications of life history (LH) theory to variance among humans and develop theory to advance the study of latent LH constructs. We then reanalyze data (n = 4,244) previously examined by Richardson et al. (Evolutionary Psychology, 15(1), 2017, https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704916666840 to determine whether (a) previously reported evidence of multidimensionality is robust to the modeling approach employed and (b) the structure of LH indicators is invariant by sex. Findings provide further evidence that a single LH dimension is implausible and that researchers should cease interpreting K-factor scores as empirical proxies for LH speed. In contrast to the original study, we detected a small inverse correlation between mating competition and Super-K that is consistent with a trade-off. Tests of measurement invariance across the sexes revealed evidence of metric invariance (i.e., equivalence of factor loadings), consistent with the theory that K is a proximate cause of its indicators; however, evidence of partial scalar invariance suggests use of scores likely introduces bias when the sexes are compared. We discuss limitations and identify approaches that researchers may use to further evaluate the validity of the K-factor and other applications of LH to human variation.

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期刊介绍: Human Nature is dedicated to advancing the interdisciplinary investigation of the biological, social, and environmental factors that underlie human behavior. It focuses primarily on the functional unity in which these factors are continuously and mutually interactive. These include the evolutionary, biological, and sociological processes as they interact with human social behavior; the biological and demographic consequences of human history; the cross-cultural, cross-species, and historical perspectives on human behavior; and the relevance of a biosocial perspective to scientific, social, and policy issues.
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