To test this hypothesis, we estimated a mediation model with
latent difference scores (27).
The figure shows results from a mediation model with
latent difference scores.
First, we calculated
a latent difference score that reflected the degree to which parenting improved from before to after SAAF implementation.
Accordingly, the present study used
latent difference score modeling with data from a large population - based sample of colorectal cancer patients to: 1) describe the trajectory of post-traumatic growth for colorectal cancer patients from soon after diagnosis to five years subsequently 2) assess the heterogeneity of a post-traumatic growth response to cancer over time and 3) describe the simultaneous and longitudinal relationships between post-traumatic growth and psychological distress after colorectal cancer.
Latent difference score structural models for linear dynamic analyses with incomplete longitudinal data