Testing Different Types of Genotype-Environment Correlation: An Extended Children-of-Twins Model

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1591-1603

  Narusyte, Jurgita ^a   Neiderhiser, Jenae M ^b   D'Onofrio, Brian M ^c   Reiss, David ^d   Spotts, Erica L ^e   Ganiban, Jody ^f   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child adjustment; children of twins model; genotype environment correlation; parenting

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

EID: 56349109877     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013911     Document Type: Article

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