Direction of causation modeling between cross-sectional measures of parenting and psychological distress in female twins

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 383-396

  Gillespie, Nathan A ^a,d   Zhu, Gu ^a   Neale, Michael C ^b   Heath, Andrew C ^c   Martin, Nicolas G ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Direction of causation (DOC) modeling; Genes; Parenting; PBI; Somatic distress; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0141494238     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025365325016     Document Type: Article

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