A Multivariate Associative Finite Growth Mixture Modeling Approach Examining Adolescent Alcohol and Marijuana Use

Hix-Small, Hollie; Duncan, Terry E.; Duncan, Susan C.; Okut, Hayrettin

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“…LCGMs are commonly used in psychology (Perlman et al 2015), behavioral studies (Pickles and Croudace 2010;Hix-Small et al 2004;Schaeffer et al 2003), criminology (Muthén 2004), and education (van Lier et al 2004), with recent applications in demography (Dariotis et al 2011;Cheadle, Amato, and King 2010) and life course research (Virtanen et al 2011). Latent class growth models are an extension of conventional growth curve models and assume that individuals are drawn from subpopulations (latent classes) that have different growth trajectories.…”

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Changes in partnership patterns across the life course

Perelli‐Harris¹,

Lyons-Amos²

2015

DemRes

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BACKGROUNDStudies on Europe and the US indicate that marriage has been postponed, cohabitation has increased, and unions are more likely to dissolve. However, cross-national studies documenting these trends have typically studied each transition separately. OBJECTIVEThis study aims to simultaneously capture these different partnership trends while examining heterogeneity within countries. Using latent class growth curves, we ask 1) what is changing more -the increase in premarital cohabitation or the increase in divorce and union dissolution? and 2) is cohabitation emerging as a relationship indistinguishable from marriage? These analyses also allow us to see whether changes over time follow a universal trajectory, and whether the US is an outlier in terms of relationship turnover. METHODWe use latent class growth models to trace the complexity of union formation in the United States and 14 countries in Europe by examining how union status can change between the ages of 15-45 for women born 1945-74. After determining the optimal number of latent classes, we calculate the probability of falling into each class by country and cohort. This shows the heterogeneity of union patterns across countries and over time. RESULTSIn all countries, changes in partnership patterns have been driven by the postponement of marriage. Premarital cohabitation has changed patterns of partnership behavior more than union dissolution. Cohabitation has emerged as its own class, but is not identical to

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Changes in partnership patterns across the life course

Perelli‐Harris¹,

Lyons-Amos²

2015

DemRes

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“…Thus, Moffitt is ignoring a substantial proportion of adult offenders for whom she estimates no career trajectories. Many prior studies suffer this same limitation of focusing solely on juvenile careers (Nagin and Tremblay, 1999;Fergusson, et al, 2000;Maughan, et al, 2000;Colder, et al, 2001;Brame et al, 2001a;Nagin and Tremblay, 2001a;Nagin and Tremblay, 2001b;Brame et al, 2001b;Li, et al, 2001;Cote, et al, 2001;Cote, et al, 2002;Colder, et al, 2002;Lacourse et al, 2002;Chung, et al, 2002a;Guo, et al, 2002;Lacourse, et al, 2003;Broidy, et al, 2003;Mustillo, et al, 2003;Schaeffer, et al, 2003;Nagin, et al, 2003;Wiesner and Silbereisen, 2003;Oesterle, et al, 2004;Tremblay, et al, 2004;Hix-Small, et al, 2004;Wiesner and Windle, 2004;Bongers, et al, 2004;Brame, et al, 2005;. Moreover, Piquero and Brezina (2001) have disputed many of the reasons for adolescence-limited offending and found that, rather than being a specific cause for delinquency, the desire for autonomy is actually rather general, which is inconsistent with Moffitt's premise (1993).…”

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“…A related difficulty concerns that fact that many studies in the past have not been able to examine virgin adult offenders because the majority of studies have only examined juvenile careers (Nagin and Tremblay, 1999;Fergusson, et al, 2000;Maughan, et al, 2000;Colder, et al, 2001;Nagin and Tremblay, 2001;Nagin and Tremblay, 2001;Li, et al, 2001;Cote, et al, 2001;Cote, et al, 2002;Li, et al, 2002;Colder, et al, 2002;Lacourse et al, 2002;Chung, et al, 2002b;Guo, et al, 2002;Lacourse, et al, 2003;Broidy, et al, 2003;Mustillo, et al, 2003;Schaeffer, et al, 2003;Shaw, et al, 2003;Nagin, et al, 2003;Wiesner and Silbereisen, 2003;Oesterle, et al, 2004;Tremblay, et al, 2004;Hix-Small, et al, 2004;Wiesner and Windle, 2004;Bongers, et al, 2004;Brame, et al, 2005;Shaw, et al, 2005). According to Piquero, there have been nine trajectory studies undertaken with offender samples using four different data sets, and all subjects were followed through portions of adulthood (2008: 34).…”

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Moffitt Revisited: Delinquent and Criminal Career Paths in the 1958 Philadelphia Birth Cohort

Carkin¹,

Tracy²

2015

JLCJ

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Since the emergence of Moffitt's typology of criminal trajectories in 1993, considerable research has focused on whether distinct developmental, criminal paths exist and their value as a theoretical model. Moffitt's typology, however, is based on very limited data, with a small, non-representative sample. Either of these aspects of Moffitt's work and the many replications, could be responsible for the inconsistent results reported in the literature. This study used the data from 1958 Philadelphia Birth Cohort in an effort to replicate Moffitt's work and extend the empirical results from the replications. The 1958 Birth Cohort is extremely large [27,160 cases, with 13,160 males and 14,000 females]. The data cover the entire criminal careers of the cohort, from onset, as early as age seven, up to the 27th birthday. This longitudinal cohort design permits the examination of offense onset, progression, escalation and desistance. Detailed offense data are available thus facilitating the testing of many of Moffitt's assertions. We developed and tested four juvenile and adult career paths: nonoffender, limited, frequent, and chronic. Across the juvenile paths, age of first offense is significantly younger, average severity of the offense increases, as does the share of SellinWolfgang Index Offenses. The juvenile paths were significant predictors of the corresponding adult paths.

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“…Second, we assessed the index of classification accuracy: the entropy. The entropy can range from .00 to 1.00, with higher figures representing a more accurate classification (Hix-Small, Duncan, Duncan, & Okut, 2004). Third, theoretical meaningfulness of classes in the various solutions was considered.…”

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The dynamics of personality and identity in adolescence

Klimstra

2012

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

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Portions of this chapter will be published as: Klimstra, T. A., Hale, W. W., Raaijmakers, Q. A. W., Branje, S. J. T., & Meeus, W. H. J. (in press). Personality assessment and maturation. In R. J. R. Levesque (Ed.), Encyclopedia of adolescence. Heidelberg, Germany: SpringerVerlag. General Introduction 12 Chapter 1. General introductionWhen persons describe themselves, they are typically referring to certain characteristics, such as "outgoing", "nervous", "messy", "friendly" and "creative". Exactly these kinds of characteristics define one's personality. In personality psychology, which focuses on individual differences in the just-mentioned characteristics, there has been a longstanding debate on what would be the most appropriate set of characteristics to describe people by. In the last twenty years, there has been a growing consensus on this issue, as a majority of researchers now agree that personality characteristics can be subsumed in five broad traits: the Big Five (Caspi, Roberts, & Shiner, 2005). These five broad factors are Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Openness to Experience (McCrae & Costa, 1987).Extraversion (as opposed to introversion) refers to being dominant, outgoing and energetic in interpersonal situations. Extraverted individuals tend to enjoy social attention and experience frequent positive moods. Agreeableness encompasses a wide range of characteristics that are all indicative of an individual's competence and willingness to maintain positive and reciprocal relationships with others; in other words, pro-social behavioral tendencies. Conscientiousness refers to personal characteristics indicative of behavioral and cognitive control. Conscientious individuals are neat, orderly, and responsible persons, who have little trouble with dividing their attention in an optimal way. Emotional Stability (as opposed to Neuroticism) is indicative of a person's ability to deal with negative emotions in an effective manner. A person with low levels of Emotional Stability is often insecure, has a tendency to experience negative moods, gets frustrated easily, and is commonly anxious. Openness to Experience refers to a person's style of dealing with new information and opportunities. It comprises aspects such as creativity, imagination, originality, and curiosity.Another aspect of the self that becomes more salient in adolescence is identity (Erikson, 1950(Erikson, , 1968. Identity has been conceptualized as "self-sameness and continuity to… the style of one's individuality, and that this style coincides with the sameness and continuity of one's meaning for significant others in the immediate community" (Erikson, 1968, p. 50).Although Erikson's (1950Erikson's ( , 1968 initial work on identity sparked an interest in research on the topic, it could not be directly translated into an empirically testable construct. To overcome this problem, Marcia (1966) elaborated on Erikson's work and developed the identity status paradigm. In this paradigm, the focus is on two key pro...

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A Multivariate Associative Finite Growth Mixture Modeling Approach Examining Adolescent Alcohol and Marijuana Use

Cited by 111 publications

References 40 publications

Changes in partnership patterns across the life course

Changes in partnership patterns across the life course

Moffitt Revisited: Delinquent and Criminal Career Paths in the 1958 Philadelphia Birth Cohort

The dynamics of personality and identity in adolescence

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