Biological Risk for the Development of Problem Behavior in Adolescence: Integrating Insights From Behavioral Genetics and Neuroscience

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 211-216

  Harden, K Paige ^a   Mann, Frank D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Behavior genetics; Delinquency; Dual systems model; Externalizing; Gene environment interaction; Problem behavior; Risk taking; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945250501     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12135     Document Type: Article

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