Stability, change, and heritability of borderline personality disorder traits from adolescence to adulthood: A longitudinal twin study

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1335-1353

  Bornovalova, Marina A ^a   Hicks, Brian M ^a   Iacono, William G ^a   McGue, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CHANGE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CHANGE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949083289     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579409990186     Document Type: Article

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