Frequency of Truancy at High School: Evidence for Genetic and Twin Specific Shared Environmental Influences

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 579-586

  van der Aa, Niels ^a   Rebollo Mesa, Irene ^a   Willemsen, Gonneke ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a   Bartels, Meike ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Extended family design; Genetic influences; Specific twin environment; Statistical power; Threshold model; Truancy

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; TWINS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449524573     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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