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I. Introduction and Organization 1. Overview, Goals of Longitudinal Research, and Historical Developments Overview Five Rationales for Longitudinal Research Historical Development of Growth Models Modeling Frameworks and Programs 2. Practical Preliminaries: Things to Do before Fitting Growth Models Data Structures Longitudinal Plots Data Screening Longitudinal Measurement Time Metrics Change Hypotheses Incomplete Data Moving Forward II. The Linear Growth Model and Its Extensions 3. Linear Growth Models Multilevel Modeling Framework Multilevel Modeling Implementation Structural Equation Modeling Framework Structural Equation Modeling Implementation Important Considerations Moving Forward 4. Continuous Time Metrics Multilevel Modeling Framework Multilevel Modeling Implementation Structural Equation Modeling Framework Structural Equation Modeling Implementation Important Considerations Moving Forward 5. Linear Growth Models with Time-Invariant Covariates Multilevel Model Framework Multilevel Modeling Implementation Structural Equation Modeling Framework Structural Equation Modeling Implementation Important Considerations Moving Forward 6. Multiple-Group Growth Modeling Multilevel Modeling Framework Multilevel Modeling Implementation Structural Equation Modeling Framework Structural Equation Modeling Implementation Important Considerations Moving Forward 7. Growth Mixture Modeling Multilevel Modeling Framework Multilevel Modeling Implementation Structural Equation Modeling Framework Structural Equation Modeling Implementation Model Fit, Model Comparison, and Class Enumeration Important Considerations Moving Forward 8. Multivariate Growth Models and Dynamic Predictors Multilevel Modeling Framework Multilevel Modeling Implementation Structural Equation Modeling Framework Structural Equation Modeling Implementation Important Considerations Moving Forward III. Nonlinearity in Growth Modeling 9. Introduction to Nonlinearity Organization for Nonlinear Change Models Moving Forward 10. Growth Models with Nonlinearity in Time Multilevel Modeling Framework Multilevel Modeling Implementation Structural Equation Modeling Framework Structural Equation Modeling Implementation Important Considerations Moving Forward 11. Growth Models with Nonlinearity in Parameters Multilevel Modeling Framework Multilevel Modeling Implementation Structural Equation Modeling Framework Structural Equation Modeling Implementation Important Considerations Moving Forward 12. Growth Models with Nonlinearity in Random Coefficients Multilevel Modeling Framework Multilevel Modeling Implementation Structural Equation Modeling Framework Structural Equation Modeling Implementation Important Considerations Moving Forward IV. Modeling Change with Latent Entities 13. Modeling Change with Ordinal Outcomes Dichotomous Outcomes Polytomous Outcomes Illustration Multilevel Modeling Implementation Structural Equation Modeling Implementation Important Considerations Moving Forward 14. Modeling Change with Latent Variables Measured by Continuous Indicators Common-Factor Model Factorial Invariance over Time Second-Order Growth Model Illustration Structural Equation Modeling Implementation Important Considerations Moving Forward 15. Modeling Change with Latent Variables Measured by Ordinal Indicators Item Response Modeling Second-Order Growth Model Illustration Important Considerations Moving Forward V. Latent Change Scores as a Framework for Studying Change 16. Introduction to Latent Change Score Modeling General Model Specification Models of Change Illustration Structural Equation Modeling Implementation Important Considerations Moving Forward 17. Multivariate Latent Change Score Models Autoregressive Cross-Lag Model Multivariate Growth Model Multivariate Latent Change Score Model Illustration Structural Equation Modeling Implementation Important Considerations Moving Forward 18. Rate-of-Change Estimates in Nonlinear Growth Models Growth Rate Models Latent Change Score Models Illustration Multilevel Modeling Implementation Structural Equation Modeling Implementation Important Considerations Appendix A. A Brief Introduction to Multilevel Modeling Illustrative Example Multilevel Modeling and Longitudinal Data Appendix B. A Brief Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling Illustrative Example Structural Equation Modeling and Longitudinal Data References Author Index Subject Index About the Authors