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SUBMITTER: Grimm KJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4236851 | biostudies-literature | 2010
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Multivariate behavioral research 20100101 6
Growth mixture models (GMMs; Muthén & Muthén, 2000; Muthén & Shedden, 1999) are a combination of latent curve models (LCMs) and finite mixture models to examine the existence of latent classes that follow distinct developmental patterns. GMMs are often fit with linear, latent basis, multiphase, or polynomial change models because of their common use, flexibility in modeling many types of change patterns, the availability of statistical programs to fit such models, and the ease of programming. In ...[more]