This paper is concerned with two theoreticallyand empirically important issues in longitudinalresearch: (1) identifying correlates and predictors ofchange and (2) discerning patterns of change. Twotraditional methods of change measurement-theresidualized observed difference and the...

This paper is concerned with the study ofcorrelates and predictors of change in a multiwavedesign. A general structural modeling approach isdiscussed, which allows estimation of theoreticallyand empirically relevant interrelationship indexesbetween growth or decline in longitudinallyassessed...