A genetically informed study of the intergenerational transmission of marital instability

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 793-809

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

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Divorce; Intergenerational transmission; Multilevel models; Selection effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547264161     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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