Genetic and environmental contributions to stability in loneliness throughout childhood

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-391

  Bartels, Meike ^a   Cacioppo, John T ^b   Hudziak, James J ^a,c   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Heritability; Loneliness; Longitudinal; Stability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILDHOOD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TWINS;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 42149097796     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30608     Document Type: Article

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