The dimensional nature of externalizing behaviors in adolescence: Evidence from a direct comparison of categorical, dimensional, and hybrid models

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 553-561

  Walton, Kate E ^a   Ormel, Johan ^b   Krueger, Robert F ^c  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing; Factor mixture modeling; Item response theory; Latent class analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79955683909     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-010-9478-y     Document Type: Article

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