The limits of child effects: Evidence for genetically mediated child effects on corporal punishment but not on physical maltreatment

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1047-1058

  Jaffee, Sara R ^a,b   Caspi, Avshalom ^b,c   Moffitt, Terrie E ^b,c   Polp Tomas, Monica ^b,c   Price, Thomas S ^d   Taylor, Alan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC DETERMINISM; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PUNISHMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 7544236930     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.40.6.1047     Document Type: Article

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