Behavior Problem Trajectories and First-Grade Cognitive Ability and Achievement Skills: A Latent Growth Curve Analysis

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 653-670

  Bub, Kristen L ^a   McCartney, Kathleen ^a   Willett, John B ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior problems; longitudinal analyses; school performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548831352     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.3.653     Document Type: Article

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