TY - JOUR
T1 - Crossvalidation of Latent Class Models of Early Substance Use Onset
AU - Collins, Linda M.
AU - Graham, John W.
AU - Long, Jeffrey D.
AU - Hansen, William B.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Stanley Mulaik and the anonymous reviewers for helpful comments. This research was supported by NIDA grant 041 11 and by NIAAA grant 06201. This article is partially based on work presented at the 1992 European Meetings of the Psychometric Society in Trier, Germany. Requests for reprints may be sent to the first author, who is now at the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 110 Henderson Building South, University Park, PA 16802-6504.
PY - 1994/4/1
Y1 - 1994/4/1
N2 - Cudeck and Browne (1983) were among the first to discuss the advantages of taking a crossvalidation approach to testing of covariance structure models. The purpose of this paper is to expand on Cudeck and Browne's work in two directions. The first direction of expansion is into testing of latent class models. The second direction of expansion involves using crossvalidation to examine differences between groups, where groups may be formed by gender, ethnicity, region, etc. In the present article crossvalidation is used to help select models of early substance use onset in a sample of young adolescents. The results suggest that the nature of the substance use onset process and the rate of movement through the process are the same for males and females at seventh and eighth grade. However, the present study did find evidence for gender differences in substance use experience at the beginning of seventh grade, with males somewhat more advanced in the onset process. The results also suggest that double crossvalidation is greatly to be preferred over single crossvalidation.
AB - Cudeck and Browne (1983) were among the first to discuss the advantages of taking a crossvalidation approach to testing of covariance structure models. The purpose of this paper is to expand on Cudeck and Browne's work in two directions. The first direction of expansion is into testing of latent class models. The second direction of expansion involves using crossvalidation to examine differences between groups, where groups may be formed by gender, ethnicity, region, etc. In the present article crossvalidation is used to help select models of early substance use onset in a sample of young adolescents. The results suggest that the nature of the substance use onset process and the rate of movement through the process are the same for males and females at seventh and eighth grade. However, the present study did find evidence for gender differences in substance use experience at the beginning of seventh grade, with males somewhat more advanced in the onset process. The results also suggest that double crossvalidation is greatly to be preferred over single crossvalidation.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15327906mbr2902_3
DO - 10.1207/s15327906mbr2902_3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84937303998
SN - 0027-3171
VL - 29
SP - 165
EP - 183
JO - Multivariate Behavioral Research
JF - Multivariate Behavioral Research
IS - 2
ER -