Does marriage inhibit antisocial behavior? An examination of selection vs causation via a longitudinal twin design

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1309-1315

  Burt, S Alexandra ^a   Donnellan, M Brent ^a   Humbad, Mikhila N ^a   Hicks, Brian M ^b   McGue, Matt ^c   Iacono, William G ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; REARING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MINNESOTA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649954005     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.159     Document Type: Article

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