Social Support or Biosocial Support?: A Genetically Informative Analysis of Social Support and Its Relation to Self-Control

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 453-470

  Beaver, Kevin M ^a,b   Boutwell, Brian B ^c   Barnes, J C C ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Add Health; biosocial; genetics; self control; social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897761589     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854813504918     Document Type: Article

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