News

This page documents important updates and additions to the Mplus syntax, lavaan code, or the FAQ.

July 6th, 2023 The FAQ has been updated with information on investgating moderation with the RI-CLPM.
July 21st, 2022 The FAQ has been updated with information on how to impose constraints such that the standardized lagged effects can be made time-invariant. Mplus and lavaan model syntax for specifying such a model have been added as well.
June 28th, 2022 The answer to the FAQ regarding an RI-CLPM for three or more outcomes has been updated with new examples of researchers applying a trivariate RI-CLPM.
May 17th, 2022 The FAQ has been updated with a link to the powRICLPM R-package. This package is currently developed to allow for user-friendly power analysis for the RI-CLPM.
November 23rd, 2021 Residual model syntax specifications for Mplus have been added, in which the new “hat-notation” of Mplus version 8.7 is used, as well as PON and PWITH statements to allow for simpler input files. Furthermore, the FAQ was updated with the latest information on the RI-CLPM for categorical variables, and a new question and answer concerning development over time in the RI-CLPM was added.
July 7th, 2021 The FAQ has been updated with an informal response to some of the conclusions drawn by Orth et al. (2021) regarding the use and appropriateness of the CLPM and RI-CLPM.