Sensation seeking, peer deviance, and genetic influences on adolescent delinquency: Evidence for person-environment correlation and interaction

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 679-691

  Mann, Frank D ^a   Patterson, Megan W ^a   Grotzinger, Andrew D ^a   Kretsch, Natalie ^b   Tackett, Jennifer L ^c   Tucker Drob, Elliot M ^a   Harden, K Paige ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Behavioral genetics; Delinquency; Peers; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELINQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEER GROUP; PHENOTYPE; PSYCINFO; SENSATION SEEKING; SOCIALIZATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; INDIVIDUALITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964446369     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/abn0000160     Document Type: Article

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