Innovations to Latent Growth Curve Modeling Can be Used to Model Self-Regulation from Early to Middle Childhood

Self-regulation was modeled from age 2.5 to 12 years in an ethnically-diverse sample from a southwestern U.S city. A confirmatory factor panel model based on mean structures identified four components of self-regulation that grew increasingly integrated as children developed. Guidelines for modeling self-regulation over an extended developmental period are provided.