Interest-Ability Profiles: An Integrative Approach to Knowledge Acquisition.

ABSTRACT: Cognitive abilities and interests both play an important role in guiding knowledge acquisition, but most previous studies have examined them separately. The current study used a large and representative dataset to integrate interests and abilities using a person-centered approach that examines how distinct profiles of interests and abilities relate to individual strengths and weaknesses in knowledge. Two key findings emerged. First, eight interest-ability profiles were generated from Latent Profile Analysis (LPA), which replicated and extended the interrelations of interests and abilities found in previous studies using variable-centered approaches. Second, each profile's strongest knowledge scores corresponded to their strongest abilities and interests, highlighting the importance of inte

SUBMITTER: Hyland WE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9326565 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature