Structural equation models in developmental research

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 877-887

  Fergusson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behaviour genetics; Human development; Measurement; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; MODEL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CAUSALITY; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 0031261645     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01607.x     Document Type: Review

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