Latent Variable Centering of Predictors and Mediators in Multilevel and Time-Series Models

Latent Variable Centering of Predictors and Mediators in Multilevel and Time-Series Models Tihomir Asparouhov & Bengt Muthén To cite this article: Tihomir Asparouhov & Bengt Muthén (2018): Latent Variable Centering of Predictors and Mediators in Multilevel and Time-Series Models, Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2018.1511375 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2018.1511375

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  2018

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  Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal

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  2018-09-28

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  Mathematics, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1080/10705511.2018.1511375
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