Behavior problems and children's academic achievement: A test of growth-curve models with gender and racial differences

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 67, Issue , 2016, Pages 95-104

  Kremer, Kristen P ^a   Flower, Andrea ^b   Huang, Jin ^a   Vaughn, Michael G ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Behavior; Gender; Longitudinal data; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973103006     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.06.003     Document Type: Article

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