A twin study of problematic internet use: Its heritability and genetic association with effortful control

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 279-287

  Li, Mengjiao ^a,b   Chen, Jie ^a   Li, Naishi ^c   Li, Xinying ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

effortful control; genetic; non shared environment; problematic internet use; twin study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHINESE; EFFORTFUL CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SELF CONTROL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VARIANCE; ADDICTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETICS; INTERNET; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CONTROL; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PARENTS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

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EID: 84904719690     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: 18392628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2014.32     Document Type: Article

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