Early childhood temperament and the covariation between internalizing and externalizing behavior in school-aged children

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-44

  Soo, Hyun Rhee ^a   Cosgrove, Victoria E ^a   Schmitz, Stephanie ^a   Haberstick, Brett C ^a   Corley, Robin C ^a   Hewitt, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33947280886     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.1.33     Document Type: Article

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