A genetic study of maternal and paternal ratings of problem behaviors in 3-year-old twins

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-357

  Van Den Oord, Edwin J C G ^a,b   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMATIZATION; TWINS;

EID: 0029774054     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.105.3.349     Document Type: Article

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