A comparison of three approaches for identifying correlates of heterogeneity in change.

IF 3.4 3区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL
Sarfaraz Serang
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Abstract

Longitudinal research is often interested in identifying correlates of heterogeneity in change. This paper compares three approaches for doing so: the mixed-effects model (latent growth curve model), the growth mixture model, and structural equation model trees. Each method is described, with special focus given to how each structures heterogeneity, attributes that heterogeneity to covariates, and the kinds of research questions each can be used to address. Each approach is used to analyze data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to understand the similarities and differences between methods in the context of empirical data. Specifically, changes in weight across adolescence are examined, as well as how differences in these change patterns can be explained by sex, race, and mother's education. Recommendations are provided for how to select which approach is most appropriate for analyzing one's own data.

识别变化异质性相关因素的三种方法的比较。
纵向研究通常对确定变化异质性的相关关系感兴趣。本文比较了三种方法:混合效应模型(潜在生长曲线模型)、生长混合模型和结构方程模型树。描述了每种方法,特别关注每种方法如何结构异质性,将异质性归因于协变量,以及每种方法可用于解决的研究问题的种类。每一种方法都被用来分析来自全国青年纵向调查的数据,以了解经验数据背景下方法之间的异同。具体来说,研究人员检查了青春期体重的变化,以及这些变化模式的差异如何用性别、种族和母亲的教育程度来解释。为如何选择最适合分析自己数据的方法提供了建议。
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期刊介绍: The mission of New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development is to provide scientific and scholarly presentations on cutting edge issues and concepts in the field of child and adolescent development. Each issue focuses on a specific new direction or research topic, and is peer reviewed by experts on that topic. Any topic in the domain of child and adolescent development can be the focus of an issue. Topics can include social, cognitive, educational, emotional, biological, neuroscience, health, demographic, economical, and socio-cultural issues that bear on children and youth, as well as issues in research methodology and other domains. Topics that bridge across areas are encouraged, as well as those that are international in focus or deal with under-represented groups. The readership for the journal is primarily students, researchers, scholars, and social servants from fields such as psychology, sociology, education, social work, anthropology, neuroscience, and health. We welcome scholars with diverse methodological and epistemological orientations.
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