The use of multilevel modeling for the investigation of family process

International Journal of Developmental Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-149

  Jenkins, Jennifer M ^a   Cheung, Connie ^a   Frampton, Kristen L ^a   Rasbash, Jon ^b   Boyle, Michael H ^c   Georgiades, Katholiki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children s internalizing and externalizing problems; Informant agreement; Multilevel modeling; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013575528     PISSN: 2192001X     EISSN: 21917485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DEV-2009-3204     Document Type: Article

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