Stability and change in genetic and environmental influences on well-being in response to an intervention

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Haworth, Claire M A ^a   Nelson, S Katherine ^b   Layous, Kristin ^c   Carter, Kathryn ^d   Bao, Katherine Jacobs ^c   Lyubomirsky, Sonja ^c   Plomin, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; SYMPTOM; VARIANCE; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84973468784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155538     Document Type: Article

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