Genetic and environmental mechanisms underlying stability and change in problem behaviors at ages 3, 7, 10, and 12

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 852-867

  Bartels, M ^a   Hudziak, J J ^b   Van Den Oord, E J C G ^c   Rietveld, M J H ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, C E M ^a   Boomsma, D I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; CONTROL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 4444366650     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.40.5.852     Document Type: Article

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