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...

In this book, authors Tenko Raykov and George A. Marcoulides introduce students to the basics of structural equation modeling (SEM) through a conceptual, nonmathematical approach. For ease of understanding, the few mathematical formulas presented are used in a conceptual or illustrative nature,...