Common and specific gender influences on individual differences in reading performance: A twin study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-277

  Knopik, Valerie S ^a   Alarcón, Maricela ^a   DeFries, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Genetic correlation; Individual differences; Reading disability; Sex limitation; Structural equation modelling; Twins

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442721228     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00040-3     Document Type: Article

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