An introduction to latent variable mixture modeling (Part 1): Overview and cross-sectional latent class and latent profile analyses

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 174-187

  Berlin, Kristoffer S ^a   Williams, Natalie A ^b   Parra, Gilbert R ^c  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

cross sectional data analysis; latent class; latent profile; person centered; statistical analysis; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84897760959     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jst084     Document Type: Review

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