Child and adolescent conduct disorder substantially shares genetic influences with three socioemotional dispositions

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-70

  Waldman, Irwin D ^a   Tackett, Jennifer L ^b   Van Hulle, Carol A ^c   Applegate, Brooks ^d   Pardini, Dustin ^e   Frick, Paul J ^f   Lahey, Benjamin B ^g  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduct problems; Genetic and environmental influences; Multivariate behavior genetic analyses; Socioemotional dispositions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DISPOSITIONS SCALE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TWINS;

EID: 79951540725     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021351     Document Type: Article

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