Who Are Truant Youth? Examining Distinctive Profiles of Truant Youth Using Latent Profile Analysis

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1671-1684

  Maynard, Brandy R ^a   Salas Wright, Christopher P ^b   Vaughn, Michael G ^c   Peters, Kristen E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing behaviors; Latent profile analysis; Truancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869090851     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9788-1     Document Type: Article

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