80.2 Hypothesis-Free: What We Can Learn About Mental Health From Person-Centered Analyses

Abstract

Person-centered analytic methods, such as latent profile analysis (LPA), can be used to uncover latent (or unobserved) groups within heterogeneous mental health symptom data. Participants in this seminar will learn: 1) the basics of LPA; 2) LPA application to understand transdiagnostic symptoms in ASD and ADHD; and 3) LPA application to identify children and youth for mental health service referral during the COVID-19 pandemic.