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Chaotic homes and children's disruptive behavior: a longitudinal cross-lagged twin study.
Psychological science - 1 Jun 2012
Jaffee Sara R, Hanscombe Ken B, Haworth Claire M A, Davis Oliver S P, Plomin Robert
Abstract excerpt
Chaotic home lives are correlated with behavior problems in children. In the study reported here, we tested whether there was a cross-lagged relation between children's experience of chaos and their disruptive behaviors (conduct problems and hyperactivity-inattention). Using genetically informative models, we then tested for the first time whether the influence of household chaos on disruptive behavior was...
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