Disentangling the associations between autistic-like and internalizing traits: A community based twin study

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 815-827

  Hallett, Victoria ^a   Ronald, Angelica ^b   Rijsdijk, Fruhling ^c   Happé, Francesca ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Environmental; Genetic; Internalizing; Twin

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROL; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84863981445     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-011-9596-1     Document Type: Article

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