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Masyn, Katherine E.; Henderson, Craig E.; Greenbaum, Paul E. – Social Development, 2010
This paper provides an introduction to a recently developed conceptual framework--the dimensional-categorical spectrum--for utilizing general factor mixture models to explore the latent structures of psychological constructs. This framework offers advantages over traditional latent variable models that usually employ either continuous latent…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Behavior, Psychology, Social Development
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Nadeau, Line; Tessier, Rejean; Boivin, Michel; Lefebvre, Francine; Robaey, Philippe – Social Development, 2003
Evaluated contributions of birth status (gestational age and birthweight) and family adversity at birth and at age 7 to explain behavior problems at age 7. Found significant relationships between birth status and isolation, social withdrawal problems, social immaturity, and inattention. Family adversity at birth contributed to aggression reported…
Descriptors: Aggression, At Risk Persons, Attention Control, Behavior Problems