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Parental divorce and adolescent delinquency: ruling out the impact of common genes.

Developmental psychology - 1 Nov 2008

Burt S Alexandra, Barnes Ashlee R, McGue Matt, Iacono William G

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Although the well-documented association between parental divorce and adolescent delinquency is generally assumed to be environmental (i.e., causal) in origin, genetic mediation is also possible. Namely, the behavior problems often found in children of divorce could derive from similar pathology in the parents, pathology that is both heritable and increases the risk that the parent will experience divorce. To...

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PMID: 18999329
DOI: 10.1037/a0013477
PMCID: PMC2593091

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