The person and the variable in developmental psychology

Journal of Psychology

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 155-165

  Bergman, Lars R ^a   Andersson, Håkan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Developmental; Individual development; Longitudinal; Methodological; Person oriented

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957032913     PISSN: 00443409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0044-3409/a000025     Document Type: Article

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