Behavior problems among children from different family structures: The influence of genetic self-selection

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 733-751

  Cleveland, H Harrington ^a   Wiebe, Richard P ^b   Van Den Oord, Edwin J C G ^c   Rowe, David C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034180609     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00182     Document Type: Article

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