The Equivalence of Regression Models Using Difference Scores and Models Using Separate Scores for Each Informant: Implications for the Study of Informant Discrepancies

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 388-397

  Laird, Robert D ^a   Weems, Carl F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Difference scores; Equivalent models; Informant discrepancies; Regression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOTHER; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79959319838     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021926     Document Type: Article

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