TY - JOUR
T1 - Residual-Based Algorithm for Growth Mixture Modeling
T2 - A Monte Carlo Simulation Study
AU - Marcoulides, Katerina M.
AU - Trinchera, Laura
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2021 Marcoulides and Trinchera.
PY - 2021/2/26
Y1 - 2021/2/26
N2 - Growth mixture models are regularly applied in the behavioral and social sciences to identify unknown heterogeneous subpopulations that follow distinct developmental trajectories. Marcoulides and Trinchera (2019) recently proposed a mixture modeling approach that examines the presence of multiple latent classes by algorithmically grouping or clustering individuals who follow the same estimated growth trajectory based on an evaluation of individual case residuals. The purpose of this article was to conduct a simulation study that examines the performance of this new approach for determining the number of classes in growth mixture models. The performance of the approach to correctly identify the number of classes is examined under a variety of longitudinal data design conditions. The findings demonstrated that the new approach was a very dependable indicator of classes across all the design conditions considered.
AB - Growth mixture models are regularly applied in the behavioral and social sciences to identify unknown heterogeneous subpopulations that follow distinct developmental trajectories. Marcoulides and Trinchera (2019) recently proposed a mixture modeling approach that examines the presence of multiple latent classes by algorithmically grouping or clustering individuals who follow the same estimated growth trajectory based on an evaluation of individual case residuals. The purpose of this article was to conduct a simulation study that examines the performance of this new approach for determining the number of classes in growth mixture models. The performance of the approach to correctly identify the number of classes is examined under a variety of longitudinal data design conditions. The findings demonstrated that the new approach was a very dependable indicator of classes across all the design conditions considered.
KW - growth mixture modeling
KW - individual case residuals
KW - latent growth curve models
KW - simulation study
KW - unobserved heterogeneity
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U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.618647
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.618647
M3 - Article
C2 - 33716885
AN - SCOPUS:85102447870
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 12
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 618647
ER -