Testing hypotheses about direction of causation using cross-sectional family data.

doi:10.1007/BF01067552

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Testing hypotheses about direction of causation using cross-sectional family data.

Behavior genetics - 1 Jan 1993

Heath A C, Kessler R C, Neale M C, Hewitt J K, Eaves L J, Kendler K S

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We review the conditions under which cross-sectional family data (e.g., data on twin pairs or adoptees and their adoptive and biological relatives) are informative about direction of causation. When two correlated traits have rather different modes of inheritance (e.g., family resemblance is dete...

Topics

Adoption
Causality
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Mental Disorders
Models, Genetic
Personality Development
Phenotype
Social Environment
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic

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