Heritability and prevalence of specific fears and phobias in childhood

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 927-937

  Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Annas, Peter ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Environmental influences; Fears; Genetics; Phobias; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033734962     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099006174     Document Type: Article

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