Individual differences in aggression: Genetic analyses by age, gender, and informant in 3-, 7-, and 10-year-old Dutch twins

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 575-589

  Hudziak, J J ^a,c   Van Beijsterveldt, C E M ^b   Bartels, M ^b   Rietveld, M J H ^b   Rettew, D C ^a   Derks, E M ^b   Boomsma, D I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Childhood; Heritability; Parents; Teachers; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; AGING; ANIMAL WELFARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHERS; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0141920573     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025782918793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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