A New SAS Procedure for Latent Transition Analysis: Transitions in Dating and Sexual Risk Behavior

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 446-456

  Lanza, Stephanie T ^a   Collins, Linda M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discrete latent variable; gender differences; latent transition analysis; sexual risk behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 42049098583     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.2.446     Document Type: Article

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