Genetic and environmental influences on schizotypy among adolescents in Taiwan: A multivariate twin/sibling analysis

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 334-344

  Lin, Chaucer C H ^a   Su, Chiu Hsia ^b   Kuo, Po Hsiu ^b   Hsiao, Chuhsing K ^b   Soong, Wei Tsuen ^b   Chen, Wei J ^b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Heritability; Schizotypy; Structural equation modeling; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TAIWAN; TWINS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; SIBLINGS; TAIWAN;

EID: 33947232120     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-006-9104-5     Document Type: Article

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