Latent profiles of problem behavior within learning, peer, and teacher contexts: Identifying subgroups of children at academic risk across the preschool year

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 775-798

  Bulotsky Shearer, Rebecca J ^a   Bell, Elizabeth R ^a   Domínguez, Ximena ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic growth; Latent profile analysis; Preschool problem behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; UNIVERSITY;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84871001352     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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