Marital conflict and conduct problems in children of twins

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-18

  Harden, K Paige ^a   Turkheimer, Eric ^a   Emery, Robert E ^a   D'Onofrio, Brian M ^b   Slutske, Wendy S ^c   Heath, Andrew C ^d   Martin, Nicholas G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONFLICT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33847376359     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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