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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ818843
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Oct
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0890-8567
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Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Self-Report Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Dutch Adolescents at Ages 12, 14, and 16
Van Grootheest, Daniel S.; Bartels, Meike; Van Beijsterveldt, Catarina E. M.; Cath, Danielle C.; Beekman, Aartjan T.; Hudziak, James J.; Boomsma, Dorret I.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, v47 n10 p1182 Oct 2008
The involvement of genetic and environmental factors to the development of obsessive compulsion symptoms during the adolescent period is examined. Study revealed that individual differences in OC symptoms are heritable during puberty and shared environmental influences played a role only in the beginning of adolescence but no sex differences in heritability estimations were found during this period.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Genetics, Environmental Influences, Puberty, Mental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Foreign Countries, Individual Differences, Role, Gender Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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