Genetic and environmental influences on child reports of manifest anxiety and symptoms of separation anxiety and overanxious disorders: A Community Based Twin Study

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-28

  Topolski, Tari D ^a   Hewitt, John K ^a   Eaves, Lindon J ^b   Silberg, Judy L ^b   Meyer, Joann M ^b   Rutter, Michael ^c   Pickles, Andrew ^c   Simonoff, Emily ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child reports; environmental influences; genetic influences; Manifest anxiety; overanxious disorder; separation anxiety; twin study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TWINS;

EID: 0030950683     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025607107566     Document Type: Article

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