Parent ratings of temperament in twins: Explaining the 'too low' DZ correlations

Twin Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 224-233

  Saudino, Kimberly J ^a   Cherny, Stacey S ^b   Plomin, Robert ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics; Model fitting; Rater bias; Temperament; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHENOTYPE; TEMPERAMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034503367     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905200320565193     Document Type: Article

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