Nonshared environment: A theoretical, methodological, and quantitative review

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 78-95

  Turkheimer, Eric ^a   Waldron, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033629224     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.126.1.78     Document Type: Article

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