Assortative mating for antisocial behavior: Developmental and methodological implications

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-186

  Krueger, Robert F ^a   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b   Bleske, April ^a   Silva, Phil A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Assortative mating; Development; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DELINQUENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONALITY TEST; PHENOTYPE; SELF REPORT; TWINS;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031809777     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021419013124     Document Type: Article

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