Classical latent profile analysis of academic self-concept dimensions: Synergy of person- and variable-centered approaches to theoretical models of self-concept

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-225

  Marsh, Herbert W ^a   Lüdtke, Oliver ^b   Trautwein, Ulrich ^b   Morin, Alexandre J S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUXILIARY VARIABLES; GOODNESS OF FIT; MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS; PERSON-CENTERED APPROACH; PREDICTIVE POWER; PRIORI PREDICTIONS; PROFILE ANALYSIS; PROFILE LEVELS;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 70449571010     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705510902751010     Document Type: Article

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