Genetic contributions to continuity, change, and co-occurrence of antisocial and depressive symptoms in adolescence

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 323-336

  O'Connor, Thomas G ^a   Neiderhiser, Jenae M ^b   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; Behaviour problems; Comorbidity; Emotional disorder; Genetics; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC MODEL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031939458     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963097002126     Document Type: Article

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