Performance of Factor Mixture Models as a Function of Model Size, Covariate Effects, and Class-Specific Parameters

Lubke, Gitta H.; Muthén, Bengt

doi:10.1207/s15328007sem1401_2

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“…Inspection of scree plots (not provided) of the AIC, BIC, and SSA BIC showed a flattening of scores after three classes, corroborating the three-class solution. The inclusion of gender in the high school model also did not substantively change the class proportions, providing further validation of the classes (Lubke & Muthén, 2007). …”

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“…Inspection of scree plots (not provided) of the AIC, BIC, and SSA BIC showed a flattening of scores after four classes, indicating that adding a fifth class did not significantly improve in fit. Next, gender was regressed on class membership, which did not substantively change the class proportions, thus indicating the stability of the classes (Lubke & Muthén, 2007). …”

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A latent class approach to examining forms of peer victimization.

Bradshaw¹,

Waasdorp²,

O’Brennan³

2013

Journal of Educational Psychology

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There is growing interest in gender differences in the experience of various forms of peer victimization; however, much of the work to date has used traditional variable-centered approaches by focusing on scales or individual forms of victimization in isolation. The current study explored whether there were discrete groups of adolescents who experience distinct forms of peer victimization by bullying (e.g., physical, verbal, relational) among middle and high school-age youth, and whether membership in a particular victimization group was associated with internalizing problems and aggression. Latent class analyses examining 10 different forms of victimization were conducted on a diverse sample of middle school (n = 11,408) and high school (n = 5,790) students. All forms of victimization were less common among high school students, except cyberbullying and sexual comments/gestures. The analyses revealed that there were 4 distinct victimization patterns for middle school students (Verbal and Physical; Verbal and Relational; High Verbal, Physical, and Relational; and Low Victimization/Normative), whereas high school students fell into a similar pattern with the exception of a Verbal and Physical class. These patterns of victimization were functionally associated with co-occurring internalizing problems and aggression. There were also some notable gender and developmental differences in the pattern of victimization and its relation with adjustment problems. These findings enhance our understanding of the complex patterns of peer victimization that are experienced by middle and high school students. Implications for educational researchers and school-based bullying interventions are discussed.

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A latent class approach to examining forms of peer victimization.

Bradshaw¹,

Waasdorp²,

O’Brennan³

2013

Journal of Educational Psychology

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“…Although it is not an index of model fit, it provides a useful assessment of the utility of the extracted classes (Ramaswamy, Desarbo, Reibstein, & Robinson, 1993). Entropy values range from 0 to 1, with higher values indicating greater class separation (Lubke & Muthén, 2007; Petras & Masyn, 2010). …”

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“…These potential moderator variables might impact class enumeration. However, there is debate about the meaning of moderator variables for class enumeration, so researchers should proceed with care when including moderators and compare results with and without moderator variables (Lubke & Muthén, 2007). Because we were interested in replicating prior studies that did not include moderators, we also chose not to include them.…”

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Identification of anxiety sensitivity classes and clinical cut-scores in a sample of adult smokers: Results from a factor mixture model

Allan

Raines

Capron

et al. 2014

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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Anxiety sensitivity (AS), a multidimensional construct, has been implicated in the development and maintenance of anxiety and related disorders. Recent evidence suggests that AS is a dimensional-categorical construct within individuals. Factor mixture modeling was conducted in a sample of 579 adult smokers (M age = 36.87 years, SD = 13.47) to examine the underlying structure. Participants completed the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 and were also given a Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR. Three classes of individuals emerged, a high AS (5.2% of the sample), a moderate AS (19.0%), and a normative AS class (75.8%). A cut-score of 23 to identify high AS individuals, and a cut-score of 17 to identify moderate-to-high AS individuals were supported in this study. In addition, the odds of having a concurrent anxiety disorder (controlling for other Axis I disorders) were the highest in the high AS class and the lowest in the normative AS class.

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“…The first LPA used the eight indicators of objective success (four functional abilities, three indicators of pain, and number of chronic diseases) as dependent variables, specifying a mixture model in Mplus version 5.2 (Lubke & Muthen, 2007;Muthen, 2001;B. Muthen & L. Muthen, 2000;Pastor, Barron, Miller, & Davis, 2007) and allowing the means of indicator variables to freely vary across the latent classes.…”

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A Longitudinal Examination of the Effects of Early Influences and Midlife Characteristics on Successful Aging

Pruchno

Wilson‐Genderson

2014

GERONB

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Objectives. Previous research revealed that successful aging includes both objective and subjective dimensions. This longitudinal analysis examines how early life influences and midlife characteristics predict stability and change in successful aging over a 4-year period. Method. Data from 3,379 people living in New Jersey who completed baseline telephone interviews between 2006 and 2008 and follow-up mail surveys in 2011 were analyzed. Latent profile analysis identified people who aged successfully according to both objective and subjective criteria, neither criteria, and one, but not the other criteria. Multinomial logistic regressions analyses focused on the 2,614 people who were successful according to both objective and subjective criteria at baseline. Results. At follow-up, 18.1% people successful at baseline had transitioned out of that status. Characteristics identifiable early in life (gender, race, education, never marrying, incarceration) as well as midlife status (currently married, working), health behaviors (smoking, drinking, body mass index, exercise), and social support distinguished people who continued to age successfully 4 years later from those who did not. Discussion. Findings suggest that successful aging is a fluid construct and that although some characteristics identifiable early in life predict successful aging, others are dampened by midlife statuses. Key Words: Latent profile analysis-Longitudinal analysis-Multinomial logistic regression-Objective successSubjective success-Successful agingOver the past several decades, the quest to understand successful aging has yielded an exponential growth in the number of publications defining the construct and empirical studies examining its predictors. Although it is generally agreed that aging is a process that evolves over time, understanding the fluidity of successful aging has been hindered by an almost exclusive reliance on cross-sectional designs. Fraught with concerns about causal attributions

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Performance of Factor Mixture Models as a Function of Model Size, Covariate Effects, and Class-Specific Parameters

Cited by 186 publications

References 31 publications

A latent class approach to examining forms of peer victimization.

A latent class approach to examining forms of peer victimization.

Identification of anxiety sensitivity classes and clinical cut-scores in a sample of adult smokers: Results from a factor mixture model

A Longitudinal Examination of the Effects of Early Influences and Midlife Characteristics on Successful Aging

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