Individual resiliency factors from a genetic perspective: Results from a twin study

Family Process

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 537-551

  Hansson, Kjell ^a   Cederblad, Marianne ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^b   Reiss, David ^c   Pedersen, Nancy ^b   Belderhiser, Jenae ^c   Elthammar, Olle ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Resilience; Salutogenic factors; Sense of coherence; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; HUMAN; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 55949121082     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2008.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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