Latent Growth Modeling of Longitudinal Data: A Finite Growth Mixture Modeling Approach

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 493-530

  Li, Fuzhong ^a   Duncan, Terry E ^a   Duncan, Susan C ^a   Acock, Alan ^b  

^a OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0009835762     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328007SEM0804_01     Document Type: Article

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