Behavior problems in 5-year-old monozygotic and dizygotic twins: Genetic and environmental influences, patterns of regulation, and internalization of control

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-122

  Zahn Waxler, Carolyn ^a,d   Schmitz, Stephanie ^b   Fulker, David ^b   Robinson, Joann ^c   Emde, Robert ^c  

^a National Institute of Mental Health

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Sect on Child Behavioral Disorders   (United States)

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EID: 0000648532     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954579400006994     Document Type: Article

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