Strong genetic effects on cross-situational antisocial behaviour among 5-year-old children according to mothers, teachers, examiner-observers, and twins' self-reports

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 832-848

  Arseneault, Louise ^a   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b   Taylor, Alan ^a   Rijsdijk, Fruhling V ^a   Jaffee, Sara R ^a,b   Ablow, Jennifer C ^c   Measelle, Jeffrey R ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial behaviour; Environmental influences; Genetics; Self reports; Twins

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PATIENT INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHER; TWINS;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BIOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTHERS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TWINS;

EID: 0041823740     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00168     Document Type: Article

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