Childhood temperament: Passive gene-environment correlation, gene-environment interaction, and the hidden importance of the family environment

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-63

  Lemery Chalfant, Kathryn ^a   Kao, Karen ^a   Swann, Gregory ^a   Goldsmith, H Hill ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERAMENT; TWINS;

CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERAMENT; TWINS;

EID: 84873912267     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579412000892     Document Type: Article

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