Adolescent self-report of emotional and behavioral problems: Interactions of genetic factors with sex and age

Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-52

  Bartels, Meike ^a,b   van de Aa, Niels ^a,b   van Beijsterveldt, Catherina E M ^a   Middeldorp, Christel M ^a,b,c   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Age; Heritability; Psychopathology; Youth self report

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; THOUGHT DISORDER; TWINS;

EID: 79952653338     PISSN: 17198429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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