Genetic and environmental contributions to social anxiety across different ages: A meta-analytic approach to twin data

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 650-656

  Scaini, Simona ^a   Belotti, Raffaella ^a   Ogliari, Anna ^a,b  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environment; Genes; Meta analysis; Social anxiety; Twin study

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADULTHOOD; AUSTRALIA; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ENVIRONMENT; GENES; META-ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ANXIETY; TWIN STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905679832     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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