Parental Criticism and Externalizing Behavior Problems in Adolescents: The Role of Environment and Genotype-Environment Correlation

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 365-376

  Narusyte, Jurgita ^a   Neiderhiser, Jenae M ^b   Andershed, Anna Karin ^c   D'Onofrio, Brian M ^d   Reiss, David ^e   Spotts, Erica ^f   Ganiban, Jody ^g   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Örebro University   (Sweden)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing behavior; Genotype environment correlation; Parenting; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PROGENY;

EID: 79955998854     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021815     Document Type: Article

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