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Comparison of multiple measures of ADHD symptomatology: a multivariate genetic analysis

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This study used three instruments to assess genetic and phenotypic interrelationships related to symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in same-sex twins. Findings indicate that behavioral symptoms like inattentiveness, impulsivity, and restlessness were strongly correlated across measures and that genetic modelling confirmed behavioral contrast effects between twins.

Author: Rutter, Michael, Nadder, Teresa S., Silberg, Judy L., Maes, Hermine H., Eaves, Lindon J.
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishers
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 2001
United Kingdom, United States, Statistical Data Included, Child psychology, Sex differences (Psychology), Behavior genetics, Behavioral genetics, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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Parental concordance and comorbidity for psychiatric disorder and associate risks for current psychiatric symptoms and disorders in a community sample of twins

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The relationship between parental psychiatric disorders and children's psychiatric symptoms are assessed using a sample of 850 twin families. Symptoms of depression and over anxious disorder are related to parental depression, with maternal depression causing higher risks.

Author: Pickles, Andrew, Simonoff, Emily, Silberg, Judy L., Maes, Hermine H., Eaves, Lindon J., Foley, Deborah L., Hewitt, John K.
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishers
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 2001
Genetic aspects, Bipolar disorder, Antisocial behavior

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The main effect of genes and environment on behavioral problems in the Virginia Twin Study of adolescent behavioral development

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The impact of genetic and environmental factors on behavioral problems was investigated by the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development in a sample of Caucasian twins aged 8-16 years. Results showed that monozygotic (MZ) twins correlated more highly than dizygotic (DZ) twins. DZ variances were greater than MZ variances and DZ correlations were low for measures of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Measures of oppositional behavior and conduct disorder showed shared environmental effects.

Author: Rutter, Michael, Pickles, Andrew, Neale, Michael C., Simonoff, Emily, Silberg, Judy L., Maes, Hermine H., Eaves, Lindon J., Loeber, Rolf, Hewitt, John K., Heath, Andrew C., Reynolds, Chandra A., Meyer, Joanne M., Truett, Kimberly R., Erikson, Marilyn T.
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishers
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 1997
Developmental disabilities

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Subjects list: Psychological aspects, Research, Twins, Behavior disorders in children, Childhood mental disorders
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