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Advances in behavioral genetics modeling using Mplus: applications of factor mixture modeling to twin data.
Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Jun 2006
Muthén Bengt, Asparouhov Tihomir, Rebollo Irene
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This article discusses new latent variable techniques developed by the authors. As an illustration, a new factor mixture model is applied to the monozygotic-dizygotic twin analysis of binary items measuring alcohol-use disorder. In this model, heritability is simultaneously studied with respect to latent class membership and within-class severity dimensions. Different latent classes of individuals are allowed to...
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