The utility of person-specific analyses for investigating developmental processes: An analytic primer on studying the individual

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 549-562

  Gayles, Jochebed G ^a   Molenaar, Peter C M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

developmental and psychological phenomena; dynamic factor modeling; dynamic systems; intra individual variation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887484628     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025413504857     Document Type: Article

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