Book chapter
Developmental Trajectories of Psychopathology
The Wiley Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology, pp.1-27
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
09/19/2017
DOI: 10.1002/9781118554470.ch1
Abstract
This chapter first provides an overview of the approaches, with a focus on growth curve model (GCM), group‐based trajectory model (GBTM) and growth mixture model (GMM), namely approaches focusing on developmental trajectories. These approaches share a common analytical goal: they allow the modeling of differences or variability across members of a population in their developmental trajectories. The chapter also presents examples of applications of these trajectory modeling approaches in the field of developmental psychopathology and clinical psychology, such as studies that focused on the development of externalizing and internalizing problems, on the validation of theoretical models and on the examination of intervention effects. Trajectory modeling can be useful to test taxonomical theories or theoretical models. The chapter presents studies that focused on testing theoretical models, such as Moffitt's taxonomical theory of antisocial behavior. Several software packages for fitting these models are available, including SAS, Mplus, and R.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Developmental Trajectories of Psychopathology
- Creators
- Nathalie M. G FontaineIsaac T Petersen
- Contributors
- Luna C Centifanti (Editor)David M Williams (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- The Wiley Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology, pp.1-27
- DOI
- 10.1002/9781118554470.ch1
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; Chichester, UK
- Number of pages
- 25
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/19/2017
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Center for Social Science Innovation; Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984071742702771
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