Affective intensity and lability: Heritability in adult male twins

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1011-1016

  Coccaro, Emil F ^a   Ong, Anthony D ^c   Seroczynski, A D ^b   Bergeman, C S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect intensity; Affect lability; Genetics; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT INTENSITY MEASURE; AFFECTIVE LABILITY SCALE; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; TWINS;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANGER; ANXIETY; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISEASES IN TWINS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857363259     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.06.042     Document Type: Article

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