Normative childhood repetitive routines and obsessive compulsive symptomatology in 6-year-old twins

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1139-1146

  Bolton, Derek ^a   Rijsdijk, Frühling ^a   Eley, Thalia C ^a   O'Connor, Thomas G ^b   Briskman, Jacqueline ^a   Perrin, Sean ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood Routines Inventory; Children; Genetics; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHENOTYPE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 69249150844     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02094.x     Document Type: Article

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