Conflict, closeness and comfort: The inter-twin relationship as a risk factor for behavioral difficulties

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 444-451

  Bekkhus, Mona ^a   Staton, Sally ^b   Borge, Anne Inger H ^a   Thorpe, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior difficulties; Closeness; Inter twin relationship; Sibling conflict; Sibling warmth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONFLICT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDUCT DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SIBLING RELATIONS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053551316     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.14.5.444     Document Type: Article

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