Age differences in genetic and environmental variations in stress-coping during adulthood: A study of female twins

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 541-548

  Hur, Yoon Mi ^a,b   MacGregor, Alexander J ^c,d   Cherkas, Lynn ^c   Williams, Frances M K ^c   Spector, Tim D ^c  

^a Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

^b Industry Academic Cooperation   (South Korea)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Epigenetics; Genetics; Stress coping; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS; SUPPORT GROUP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ENVIRONMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84864581358     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-012-9541-2     Document Type: Article

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