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. 2024 May 9;15:1379126. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1379126

Table 2.

Latent profile analyses of executive functions—with the 4-profile solution allowing partial conditional dependence providing the best fit.

N profiles N free parameters Log-likelihood Adjusted BIC a AIC b Entropy LMR adjusted test c H0 log likelihood Bootstrapped LRT d H0 log likelihood Smallest class (% of sample)
1 10 −11401.38 22845.12 22822.77 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
2 16 −11190.31 22448.40 22412.63 0.86 412.86** 422.14*** 12.18
3 22 −10991.97 22147.02 22027.94 0.89 387.96*** 396.68*** 7.26
4 28 −10901.13 22009.83 21858.27 0.83 177.68 *** 181.68 *** 6.88
5 34 −10828.74 21909.52 21725.48 0.79 141.60 * 144.79 *** 3.10
6 40 −10791.32 21879.15 21662.64 0.81 73.20 (n.s.) 74.84*** 0.25
Relaxing partial conditional independence in models for the correlation of all three cool EF
1 13 −11268.45 22591.97 22562.90 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
2 19 −11058.53 22197.54 22155.05 0.94 410.61*** 419.85*** 7.80
3 25 −10898.41 21902.72 21846.82 0.92 313.19* 320.23*** 6.04
4 31 −10798.82 21728.95 21659.64 0.85 194.80 * 199.18 *** 4.47
5 37 −10753.81 21664.35 21581.62 0.85 88.04 (n.s.) 90.02*** 0.40

Correlations across cool EF included: inhibition*updating, updating*flexibility, and flexibility*inhibition. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001.

a

Bayesian information criterion.

b

Akaike information criterion.

c

Lo–Mendell–Rubin adjusted likelihood ratio test.

d

Bootstrapped likelihood ratio test.Fit indices in bold indicate models with good fit.