Multilevel modeling in psychosomatic medicine research

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 925-936

  Myers, Nicholas D ^a   Brincks, Ahnalee M ^a   Ames, Allison J ^a   Prado, Guillermo J ^a   Penedo, Frank J ^b   Benedict, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

centering; hierarchical linear models; missing data; mixed regression models; power; random coefficient models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIMULATION;

EID: 84870244556     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182736971     Document Type: Article

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