Using shared and unique parental views to study the etiology of 7-year-old twins' internalizing and externalizing problems

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 409-420

  Van der Valk, J C ^a,b   Van den Oord, E J C G ^c   Verhulst, F C ^b   Boomsma, D I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior genetics; Children, Child Behavior Checklist; Multiple informants; Problem behavior; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CHILD; FAMILY; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTHERS; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0141717274     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025369525924     Document Type: Article

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