Do nightmares and generalized anxiety disorder in childhood and adolescence have a common genetic origin?

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-356

  Coolidge, Frederick L ^a   Segal, Daniel L ^a   Coolidge, Christa M ^a   Spinath, Frank M ^b   Gottschling, Juliana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coolidge personality and neuropsychological inventory; Generalized anxiety disorder; Heritability; Nightmares; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENETIC CORRELATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NIGHTMARE; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77953291278     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-009-9310-z     Document Type: Article

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