Measurement and structural models for children's problem behaviors

Psychological Methods

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 477-495

  Cheong, Yuk Fai ^a   Raudenbush, Stephen W ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034569566     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.5.4.477     Document Type: Article

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