Moderation of genetic factors by parental divorce in adolescents' evaluations of family functioning and subjective wellbeing

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-162

  Van Der Aa, Niels ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a   Rebollo Mesa, Irene ^a,b   Hudziak, James J ^a,c   Bartels, Meike ^a,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Family conflict; Family functioning; Gene environment interaction; Parental divorce; Subjective wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DIVORCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; TWINS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DIVORCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIBLINGS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 77953739984     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.13.2.143     Document Type: Article

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