This book provides a comprehensive introduction to latent variable growth curve modeling
(LGM) for analyzing repeated measures. It presents the statistical basis for LGM and its …

Little research attention has been paid to bullied students who function better than expected
and are therefore defined as “resilient”. The present longitudinal study aimed to identify …

Childhood maltreatment and adolescent substance abuse are important health issues that
have been linked by research and theory for at least 50 years. Considering the intricacies of …

The present study examined the direct and indirect relationships among supportive
parenting, ethnic identity, self-esteem, perceived efficacy, and psychological adjustment in …

Self-esteem has been deemed an important variable in many theories over the past 100
years, and several interventions are aimed at improving self-esteem in order to prevent …

Objective In the present randomized controlled trial, the effectiveness of multisystemic
therapy (MST) in The Netherlands was examined. Moderator tests were conducted for …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between training and
development investment and financial performance over time. Human capital literature …

Background Household food insecurity (FI) is a pressing social, economic and public health
issue. However, little is known regarding the effect of FI exposure during the first few years of …

The current study filled significant gaps in our knowledge of developmental
psychopathology by examining the influence of multilevel risk factors and developmental …

Latent growth curve modeling (LGM) combined with the latent classes (LGMM) in the SEM
context, is the method under investigation in this study. This dynamic way of analyzing …