The magnitude of genetic and environmental influences on parental and observational measures of behavioral inhibition and shyness in toddlerhood

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 764-777

  Smith, Ashley K ^a   Rhee, Soo H ^a   Corley, Robin P ^a   Friedman, Naomi P ^a   Hewitt, John K ^a   Robinson, Joann L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral inhibition; Bservational measures; Parent report; Rater bias; Shyness; Temperament; Toddler; Twin study methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TODDLER; TWINS;

BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SHYNESS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84866548482     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-012-9551-0     Document Type: Article

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