Temperament and Character in the Child and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden (CATSS): Comparison to the General Population, and Genetic Structure Analysis

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Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Garcia, Danilo ^a,b   Lundström, Sebastian ^a,b,c   Brändström, Sven ^a   Råstam, Maria ^d   Cloninger, C Robert ^e   Kerekes, Nóra ^a,c   Nilsson, Thomas ^a,b   Anckarsäter, Henrik ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Prison and Probation Service   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; RELIABILITY; SWEDEN; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; TWINS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHARACTER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SWEDEN; TEMPERAMENT; TWINS;

EID: 84881089954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070475     Document Type: Article

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