Assessing genetic influences on behavior: Informant and context dependency as illustrated by the analysis of attention problems

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 326-336

  Kan, Kees Jan ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E M ^a,b   Bartels, Meike ^a,b,c   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a,b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care VU University Medical Center ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Missing) heritability; ADHD; Attention problems; Context dependent behavior; Informant effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; METHODOLOGY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PARENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TWINS; UNIVERSITY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; FACULTY; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84903818273     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-014-9657-7     Document Type: Article

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