The heritability of cluster A personality disorders assessed by both personal interview and questionnaire

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 655-665

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,c   Myers, John ^a   Torgersen, Svenn ^b   Neale, Mxichael C ^a   Reichborn Kjennerud, Ted ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TWINS;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS; TYPE A PERSONALITY;

EID: 34047173098     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291706009755     Document Type: Article

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