Negative affect shares genetic and environmental influences with symptoms of childhood internalizing and externalizing disorders

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 411-423

  Mikolajewski, Amy J ^a   Allan, Nicholas P ^a   Hart, Sara A ^b   Lonigan, Christopher J ^b   Taylor, Jeanette ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental influences; Externalizing; Genetic influences; Internalizing; Negative affect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84879459663     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-012-9681-0     Document Type: Article

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