Longitudinal Models in the Behavioral and Related Sciences. K. van Montfort, J. Oud, & A. Satorra (Eds.)

This book consists of 17 chapters commissioned by the three editors to provide state-of-theart presentations of longitudinal models that have been proposed for or used in research in the social and behavioral sciences. An explosion of interest has occurred during the past three decades in models for analyzing longitudinal data. For many years, the dour view of measuring change presented by Cronbach and Furby (1970) put a damper on work on assessing change. However, a rebirth of interest in modeling trends in growth during the early 1980s has spawned a major research literature with both basic (or theoretical) and applied concentrations, and the modeling of longitudinal data is now one of the most hotly pursued topics among quantitative methodologists.