Causes of stability of aggression from early childhood to adolescence: A longitudinal genetic analysis in Dutch twins

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 591-605

  Van Beijsterveldt, C E M ^a   Bartels, M ^a   Hudziak, J J ^b   Boomsma, D I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; CBCL; Childhood; Heritability; Longitudinal; Twins

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC STABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TWINS;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0141886140     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025735002864     Document Type: Conference Paper

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