Childhood problem behavior and parental divorce: Evidence for gene-environment interaction

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1539-1548

  Robbers, Sylvana ^a   Van Oort, Floor ^a   Huizink, Anja ^b   Verhulst, Frank ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, Catharina ^b   Boomsma, Dorret ^b   Bartels, Meike ^b,c  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Externalizing; Gene environment interaction; Internalizing; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROL; DIVORCE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; TWINS;

BIOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIVORCE; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84866731332     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0470-9     Document Type: Article

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