Clumsiness and psychopathology: Causation or shared etiology? A twin study with the CBCL 6-18 questionnaire in a general school-age population sample

Human Movement Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 326-338

  Moruzzi, Sara ^a   Pesenti Gritti, Paola ^a   Brescianini, Sonia ^b   Salemi, Miriam ^b   Battaglia, Marco ^a,c,d   Ogliari, Anna ^a,c  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CBCL; Clumsiness; Comorbidity; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PHENOTYPE; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TWINS;

EID: 77950341779     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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