Gene-Environment Processes Linking Aggression, Peer Victimization, and the Teacher-Child Relationship

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2021-2036

  Brendgen, Mara ^a   Boivin, Michel ^b   Dionne, Ginette ^b   Barker, Edward D ^c   Vitaro, Frank ^d   Girard, Alain ^d   Tremblay, Richard ^d   Pérusse, Daniel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TWINS; UNIVERSITY; VICTIM;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FACULTY; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 81355151596     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01644.x     Document Type: Article

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