Dimensions and disorders of adolescent adjustment: A quantitative genetic analysis of unselected samples and selected extremes

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 515-525

  Deater Deckard, Kirby ^a   Reiss, David ^b   Hetherington, E Mavis ^c   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Behavioral genetics; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; ENVIRONMENT; FATHER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SIBLING RELATIONS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0030845042     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01538.x     Document Type: Article

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