The Stability of Problem Behavior Across the Preschool Years: An Empirical Approach in the General Population

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 393-404

  Basten, Maartje ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a   Althoff, Robert R ^a,b   van de Schoot, Rens ^c,d   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Hudziak, James J ^a,b   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   van der Ende, Jan ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Co occurrence; Dysregulation; Latent transition analysis; Longitudinal study; Preschool internalizing and externalizing problems; Stability

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84955717605     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-015-9993-y     Document Type: Article

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