Criterion Validity
Cognitive scales demonstrated strong correlations with gold-standard cognitive ability tests, including Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices (RAPM) and Saville’s Aptitude assessments, as well as comprehensive measures of key cognitive functions (attention, memory, cognitive flexibility). Personality scales were validated against established psychometric frameworks, confirming their alignment with key constructs such as Openness to Experience, Risk Propensity, Persistence, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. Predictive models, including Machine Learning approaches (Decision Trees, Random Forest, and Gradient Boosting) and statistical Regression analyses confirmed significant associations between cognitive performance, personality predispositions, and GBA scores with R²≈0.46 and correlations ranging from r=0.52 to 0.71.