Genotype-environment interactions in children's adjustment to parental separation

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 849-856

  O'Connor, Thomas G ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^b   DeFries, John C ^c   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Divorce; Genotype environmental interaction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ADOPTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DIVORCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COLORADO; DIVORCE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0042825744     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00169     Document Type: Article

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