Genetic and environmental influences on anxiety dimensions in Italian twins evaluated with the SCARED questionnaire

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 760-777

  Ogliari, Anna ^a   Citterio, Alessandra ^a,b   Zanoni, Annalisa ^a   Fagnani, Corrado ^c   Patriarca, Valeria ^c   Cirrincione, Rosalia ^c   Stazi, Maria Antonietta ^c   Battaglia, Marco ^a,b,d  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Childhood; Genetics; SCARED questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 33745992019     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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