Modeling for Change by Latent Difference Score Model: Adapting Process of the Student of Freshman at Half Year Intervals Kazuaki SHIMIZU and Norihiro MIHO Abstract The purpose of this paper is to present the longitudinal research examining the changing process of the view of learning in the university of university freshman students on two occasions. Two-hundred and thirty seven students completed the four sub-scales on the view of learning and the four sub-scales on the reasons for entering the university when they entered university. They also corresponded to the same sub-scales at the half year later. To measure the individual differences on the view of learning in the university, the latent difference score model by structural equation modeling was conducted. The model on the relationships among the levels and the means of difference scores for the factors of four aspects on the view of learning indicated adequate fit for the longitudinal data. A path analysis model was used for the factor scores estimated for this measurement model and the four sub-scales on the reasons for entering the university to analyze the relationships between the reasons for entering the university and the view of learning. The findings of these analyses were discussed with particular reference to the issues of transition from high school to university. Keywords: career development, latent change, difference score, factor score
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