Disentangling Genetic, Environmental, and Rater Effects on Internalizing and Externalizing Problem Behavior in 10-year-old Twins

Twin Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 162-175

  Bartels, Meike ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a   Hudziak, James J ^b   Rietveld, Marjolein J H ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, Toos C E M ^a   Van Den Oord, Edwin J C G ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TWINS;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 1942435273     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905204323016140     Document Type: Article

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