Genetic and environmental causes of variation in trait resilience in young people

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 366-377

  Waaktaar, Trine ^a   Torgersen, Svenn ^b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Heritability; Multiple informants; Resilience; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864586525     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-011-9519-5     Document Type: Article

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