Genetic and environmental contributions to separation anxiety: A meta-analytic approach to twin data

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 754-761

  Scaini, Simona ^a   Ogliari, Anna ^a,b   Eley, Thalia C ^c   Zavos, Helena M S ^c   Battaglia, Marco ^a,b,d  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

environment; genes; meta analysis; separation anxiety; twin studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS;

EID: 84865863095     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.21941     Document Type: Article

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