Nonlinear Structured Growth Mixture Models in Mplus and OpenMx

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 887-909

  Grimm, Kevin J ^a   Ram, Nilam ^b   Estabrook, Ryne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 78650506918     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2010.531230     Document Type: Article

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