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Heritability and prevalence of specific fears and phobias in childhood.

Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 Oct 2000

Lichtenstein P, Annas P

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Fears and phobias are relatively common in childhood. Both environmental and genetic theories have tried to explain the etiology behind these conditions. However, data supporting the different theories are sparse. To investigate the relative importance of genetic and environmental influences on specific phobias and fears, parental reports of animal, situational, and mutilation fears and phobias were completed for...

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