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Review
. 2005 Apr;29(2):128-48.
doi: 10.1177/0193841X04271095.

Evaluation of the effects of the Aban Aya Youth Project in reducing violence among African American adolescent males using latent class growth mixture modeling techniques

Eisuke Segawa  1 , Job E Ngwe, Yanhong Li, Brian R Flay
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Evaluation of the effects of the Aban Aya Youth Project in reducing violence among African American adolescent males using latent class growth mixture modeling techniques

Eisuke Segawa et al. Eval Rev. 2005 Apr.

Abstract

This study employs growth mixture modeling techniques to evaluate the preventive effects of the Aban Aya Youth Project in reducing the rate of growth of violence among African American adolescent males (N = 552). Results suggest three distinct classes of participants: high risk (34%), medium risk (54%), and low risk (12%) based on both the participants' initial violence scores and their growth of violence over time. Results further show significant effects (almost 3 times as large as the effect found in the regular one-class analysis) for the high-risk class but not for the medium- or low-risk classes.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Separately Estimated Mean Growth Curves for Two-, Three-, and Four-Class Models for Control and Treatment Groups
NOTE: BIC = Bayesian information criteria.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Estimated Mean Growth Curves for One-, Two-, Three-, and Four-Class Models
NOTE: BIC = Bayesian information criteria.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Estimated Mean Growth Curves and Observed Trajectories for the Final Three-Class Model
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