A twin-singleton comparison of developmental trajectories of externalizing and internalizing problems in 6- to 12-year-old children

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-87

  Robbers, Sylvana C C ^a,b   Bartels, Meike ^b   Van Oort, Floor V A ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, C E M ^b   Van der Ende, Jan ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b   Huizink, Anja C ^a,c  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child externalizing and internalizing problems; Singletons; Twins

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 77953236058     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.13.1.79     Document Type: Review

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