Latent Growth Curve Analyses of the Development of Height.

Describes some applications of latent growth curve models in the context of structural equation modeling using data from P. Trickett and F. Putnam (1993) on the physical height of abused (n=77) and nonabused (n=75) adolescent girls. Presents power calculations for the ability of the different models to discern the growth of the abuse sample from the control sample. (SLD)