Reading exposure: A (largely) environmental risk factor with environmentally-mediated effects on reading performance in the primary school years

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1192-1199

  Harlaar, Nicole ^a   Dale, Philip S ^b   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Genetics; Reading achievement; Reading exposure; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; READING; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TWINS;

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 37149002083     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01798.x     Document Type: Article

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