Assessment of the within-family environment in twins: Absolute versus differential ratings, and relationships with conduct problems

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1064-1074

  Carbonneau, Rene ^c,d   Eaves, Lindon J ^c   Silberg, Judy L ^c   Simonoff, Emily ^b   Rutter, Michael ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conduct problems; Differential parenting; Methodology; Parent child relationships; Peer relationships; Rating scales; TIRE; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PARENTHOOD; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SIBLING; TWINS; UNITED STATES; FAMILY RELATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0042700317     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00233     Document Type: Article

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