TITLE:
Eq 9.1: Predicting Quadratic Change in Risky Behavior
From Person Mean Monitoring as Between-Person Monitoring
DATA:
FILE = MPLUS_Chapter9.csv;
FORMAT = FREE;
DEFINE:
agesq = agec18*agec18;
VARIABLE:
NAMES = PersonID att12 PMmon copymon18 occasion age risky monitor agec18 att4
mon3 PMmon3 WPmon A18mon3 Ch18mon;
USEVARIABLES = risky att4 agec18 PMmon3 agesq;
MISSING = ALL (-9999);
CLUSTER = PersonID;
WITHIN = agec18 agesq;
BETWEEN = att4 PMmon3;
ANALYSIS:
ESTIMATOR = ML;
PROCESSORS = 4;
TYPE = TWOLEVEL RANDOM;
MODEL:
%WITHIN%
risky;
linear | risky ON agec18;
quad | risky ON agesq;
%BETWEEN%
[risky linear quad] (int bagec18 bagesq);
risky linear quad@0;
risky WITH linear;
risky linear ON att4 (battint battlin);
risky linear quad ON PMmon3 (bPMint bPMlin bPMquad);
MODEL CONSTRAINT:
NEW(est1-est4);
est1 = bPMint*1 - bPMlin*6 + bPMquad*36;
est2 = bPMint*1 - bPMlin*4 + bPMquad*16;
est3 = bPMint*1 - bPMlin*2 + bPMquad*4;
est4 = bPMint*1 + bPMlin*0 + bPMquad*0;