Evaluating mediation in longitudinal multivariate data: Mediation effects for the Aban Aya Youth Project drug prevention program

Prevention Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-207

  Liu, Li C ^a   Flay, Brian R ^b   Amuwo, Shaffdeen A ^a   Bell, Carl C ^a   Berbaum, Michael L ^a   Campbell, Richard T ^a   Julia Cowell, R N ^c   Cooksey, Judith ^d   Dancy, Barbara L ^a   Graumlich, Sally ^a   Hedeker, Donald ^a   Jagers, Robert J ^e   Levy, Susan R ^a   Paikoff, Roberta L ^a   Punwani, Indru ^a   Segawa, Eisuke ^a   Weissberg, Roger P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Latent growth models; Longitudinal data; Mediation analysis; Substance use behavior

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALGORITHMS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHICAGO; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 70349881773     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-009-0125-1     Document Type: Article

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