The Life Trajectory Interview for Youth (LTI-Y): Method development and psychometric properties of an instrument to assess life-course models and achievement

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 206-15

  Brown, Ryan A ^a,b   Worthman, Carol M ^c   Costello, E Jane ^d   Erkanli, Alaattin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Goals; Life course; Life expectancy; Social environment

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES; COHORT ANALYSIS; LIFE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33847713260     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.195     Document Type: Article

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