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The heritability of depressive symptoms: multiple informants and multiple measures.
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 May 2002
Happonen Minna, Pulkkinen Lea, Kaprio Jaakko, Van der Meere Jaap, Viken Richard J, Rose Richard J
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BACKGROUND: Earlier research suggests large rater differences in heritability estimates of children's depressive symptoms in the context of significant age and sex-limitation effects. METHODS: With data from an ongoing, population-based twin-family study, we estimated genetic and environmental influences on children's depression with models allowing for sex-specific effects. Our assessments of twins included...
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