An adoption study of depressive symptoms in middle childhood

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 337-345

  Eley, Thalia C ^a   Deater Deckard, Kirby ^a   Fombonne, Eric ^a   Fulker, David W ^a,b   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption study; Behavioural genetics; Depressive symptoms; School children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SYMPTOM;

ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 0031937767     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963097002114     Document Type: Article

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