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Gregory, Alice M.; Eley, Thalia C.; Plomin, Robert – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2004
Anxiety and conduct problems covary, yet studies have not explored the genetic and environmental origins of this association. We analyzed parent-reported anxiety and conduct problems in 6,783 pairs of twins at 2-, 3-, and 4-years of age. As anxiety and conduct problems were fairly stable across the three ages (average 1-year correlation was .53),…
Descriptors: Females, Males, Genetics, Anxiety