An introduction to latent variable mixture modeling (Part 2): Longitudinal latent class growth analysis and growth mixture models

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 188-203

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

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

growth mixture modeling; latent class growth analysis; latent growth curve modeling; longitudinal data 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: 84897761476     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jst085     Document Type: Article

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