Child problem behavior in Kindergarten and in primary school: A comparison between prediction configural frequency analysis and multiple regression

Psychological Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 467-478

  Stemmler, Mark ^a   Lösel, Friedrich ^a   Beelmann, Andreas ^b   Jaursch, Stefanie ^a   Zenkert, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child behavior problems; Externalizing and internalizing problems; Multiple regression; Person oriented approach; Prediction configural frequency analysis (P CFA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348976484     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.111/J.1467-9280     Document Type: Article

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