Depressive symptoms in mothers of children with epilepsy: A comparison of growth curve and latent class modeling

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-61

  Ferro, Mark A ^a   Speechley, Kathy N ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Growth curve modeling; Latent class growth modeling; Longitudinal analysis; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE MODEL; HUMAN; LATENT CLASS MODEL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

EID: 84859100571     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: 15729400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10742-012-0081-2     Document Type: Article

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