The nature of nurture: Disentangling passive genotype-environment correlation from family relationship influences on children's externalizing problems

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-21

  Harold, Gordon T ^a   Leve, Leslie D ^b   Elam, Kit K ^a   Thapar, Anita ^c   Neiderhiser, Jenae M ^d   Natsuaki, Misaki N ^e   Shaw, Daniel S ^f   Reiss, David ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child externalizing; Gene environment correlation; Hostile parenting; Interparental conflict

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84882999947     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031190     Document Type: Article

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