Modeled after Barbara Byrne's other best-selling structural equation modeling (SEM) books,
this practical guide reviews the basic concepts and applications of SEM using Mplus …

In this book, authors Tenko Raykov and George A. Marcoulides introduce students to the
basics of structural equation modeling (SEM) through a conceptual, nonmathematical …

This book evolved from a series of Ph. D. seminars presented to students both at Tsinghua
University in Beijing and at the University of Illinois—Chicago. My lectures, in turn, grew out …

This article reports on the childhood origins and adult outcomes of female versus male
antisocial behavior trajectories in the Dunedin longitudinal study. Four antisocial behavior …

It has been proposed that high rates of risk-taking in adolescence are partly attributable to
patterns of neurobiological development that promote an increase in sensation-seeking …

Purpose of the Study: This research integrates successful aging and developmental
adaptation models to empirically define the direct and indirect effects of 2 distal (ie …

International cognitive ability and achievement comparisons stem from different research
traditions. But analyses at the interindividual data level show that they share a common …

This article examines how corporate reliance on budgets is affected by major changes in the
economic environment. We combine survey and archival data from the economic crisis that …

We report a graded relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) and
children's antisocial behavior that (a) can be observed at school entry,(b) widens across …

The temporal stability and directional relations among dimensions of temperament (eg,
neuroticism) and selected Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; …