Are Personality Disorders Psychological Manifestations of Executive Function Deficits? Bivariate Heritability Evidence from a Twin Study

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-84

  Coolidge, Frederick L ^a   Thede, Linda L ^a   Jang, Kerry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivariate heritability; Executive function deficits; Personality disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHENOTYPE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0942290548     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BEGE.0000009486.97375.53     Document Type: Article

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