Parents' and teachers' ratings of problem behaviours in children: Genetic and contrast effects

Twin Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 251-258

  Kuntsi, Jonna ^a   Gayán, Jonna ^b   Stevenson, Jim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast effects; CPRS 48; CTRS 28; Problem behaviours; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SIBLING; TEACHER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENGLAND; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIBLING RELATIONS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034511844     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905200320565229     Document Type: Article

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