Does childhood anxiety evoke maternal control? A genetically informed study

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 772-779

  Eley, Thalia C ^a   Napolitano, Maria ^a   Lau, Jennifer Y F ^a,b   Gregory, Alice M ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Gene environment correlation; Maternal control; Parenting; Twins

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WALES;

EID: 77953207819     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02227.x     Document Type: Article

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