Article
Intergenerational transmission of childhood conduct problems: a Children of Twins Study.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Jul 2007
D'Onofrio Brian M, Slutske Wendy S, Turkheimer Eric, Emery Robert E, Harden K Paige, Heath Andrew C, Madden Pamela A F, Martin Nicholas G
Abstract excerpt
CONTEXT: The familial nature of childhood conduct problems has been well documented, but few genetically informed studies have explicitly explored the processes through which parental conduct problems influence an offspring's behavior problems. OBJECTIVE: To delineate the genetic and environmental processes underlying the intergenerational transmission of childhood conduct problems. DESIGN: We used hierarchical...
Topics
- Adult
- Australia
- Child
- Child of Impaired Parents
- Conduct Disorder
- Diseases in Twins
- Family Characteristics
- Family Relations
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
