Investigating genetic and environmental contributions to adolescent externalizing behavior in a collectivistic culture: A multi-informant twin study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1989-1997

  Chen, J ^a   Yu, J ^b   Zhang, J ^a   Li, X ^a   McGue, M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese adolescents; culture; externalizing behavior; heritability; twin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHINA; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84946474310     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291714003109     Document Type: Article

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