A test of generalizability of the social development model across gender and income groups with longitudinal data from the elementary school developmental period

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 423-439

  Fleming, Charles B ^a,b   Catalano, Richard F ^a   Oxford, Monica L ^a   Harachi, Tracy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Etiology of problem behavior; Gender differences; Income differences; Measurement invariance; Problem behavior; Risk and protective factors; Social development model; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036441784     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021173711746     Document Type: Article

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