On the Practical Interpretability of Cross-Lagged Panel Models: Rethinking a Developmental Workhorse

Child Development

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1186-1206

  Berry, Daniel ^a   Willoughby, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 85005965857     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12660     Document Type: Review

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