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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access published online on September 21, 2005
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Journal of Pediatric Psychology © The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oupjournals.org
Received February 28, 2005
Revised July 22, 2005
Accepted August 1, 2005

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Applications of Individual Growth Curve Modeling for Pediatric Psychology Research

Christian DeLucia PhD1* and Steven C. Pitts PhD2

1 University of Illinois at Chicago
2 University of Maryland, Baltimore County

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Christian DeLucia, E-mail: cdelucia{at}med.miami.edu


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Objective To provide a brief, nontechnical introduction to individual growth curve modeling for the analysis of longitudinal data. Several applications of individual growth curve modeling for pediatric psychology research are discussed. Methods To illustrate these applications, we analyze data from an ongoing pediatric psychology study of the possible impact of spina bifida on child and family development (N = 135). Three repeated observations, spaced by approximately 2 years, contributed to the analyses (M age at baseline = 8.84). Results Results indicated that individual linear growth curves of emotional autonomy varied as a function of the youth gender by spina bifida group membership interaction. Conclusions Strengths of individual growth curve modeling relative to more traditional methods of analysis are highlighted (e.g., completely flexible specification of the time variable, explicit modeling of both aggregate-level and individual-level growth curves).

Keywords: Growth curves; trajectories; longitudinal modeling; statistical methods.
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