Steps substantive researchers can take to build a scientifically strong case for the existence of trajectory groups

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-275

  Ialongo, Nicholas ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 77952519170     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579410000040     Document Type: Review

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