Multivariate Latent Variable Transition Models of Longitudinal Mixed Data: An Analysis on Alcohol Use Disorder

Summary Alcohol abuse is a dangerous habit in young people. The National Youth Survey is a longitudinal American study in part devoted to the investigation of alcohol disorder over time. The symptoms of alcohol disorder are measured by binary and ordinal items. In the literature it is well recognized that alcohol abuse can be measured by a latent construct; therefore generalized latent variable models for mixed data represent the ideal framework...