Trajectories of loneliness across adolescence: An empirical comparison of longitudinal clustering methods using R

• Published in: Journal of adolescence (London, England.) Vol. 94; no. 4; pp. 513 - 524
• Main Authors: Verboon, Peter, Hutten, Elody, Smeekens, Sanny, Jongen, Ellen M. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2022
• Subjects: Adolescence; Adolescent; Adolescents; Adult; Case studies; Child; Child Development; Cluster Analysis; clustering; Depression; Humans; Infants; Loneliness; longitudinal; Longitudinal Studies; model‐based; nonparametric; Young Adult; Young adults; Youth; adolescence; clustering; loneliness; longitudinal; nonparametric; model-based

Introduction In this study, we compare three different longitudinal clustering methods. As a case study, the comparison of the methods is conducted for the development of loneliness from middle childhood to young adulthood. The aim is to explore how two nonparametric longitudinal cluster methods com...