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The genetic and environmental contributions to oppositional defiant behavior: a multi-informant twin study.

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Hudziak, JJ; Derks, EM; Althoff, RR; Copeland, W; Boomsma, DI
Published in: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
September 2005

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the genetic and environmental contributions to oppositional defiant behavior (ODB) from mother, father, and teacher report using the Conners Revised Short Forms in a large twin sample. METHOD: ODB data were collected from 1,595 mothers, 1,114 fathers, and 793 teachers of 7-year-old twin pairs from the Netherlands Twin Registry in the 1990-1992 cohort with an 80% response rate. Models were fit for each informant to determine the genetic, environmental, gender, and informant influences on ODB. RESULTS: Genetic analyses of the ODB quantitative scale showed additive genetic (A) by mother (55%), by father (57%), and by teacher (21% girls, 38% boys) unique environmental (E) (mother, 22%; father, 29%; teacher, 48% girls, 39% boys) and shared environmental (C) (mother, 14%; father, 23%; teacher, 31% girls, 23% boys) influences. CONCLUSIONS: Additive genetic and unique environmental factors account for the majority of the influences on ODB for boys and girls by all informants.

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J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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0890-8567

Publication Date

September 2005

Volume

44

Issue

9

Start / End Page

907 / 914

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Twins, Monozygotic
  • Twins, Dizygotic
  • Social Environment
  • Phenotype
  • Observer Variation
  • Netherlands
  • Mothers
  • Male
  • Humans
 

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Hudziak, J. J., Derks, E. M., Althoff, R. R., Copeland, W., & Boomsma, D. I. (2005). The genetic and environmental contributions to oppositional defiant behavior: a multi-informant twin study. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 44(9), 907–914. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.chi.0000169011.73912.27
Hudziak, James J., Eske M. Derks, Robert R. Althoff, William Copeland, and Dorret I. Boomsma. “The genetic and environmental contributions to oppositional defiant behavior: a multi-informant twin study.J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 44, no. 9 (September 2005): 907–14. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.chi.0000169011.73912.27.
Hudziak JJ, Derks EM, Althoff RR, Copeland W, Boomsma DI. The genetic and environmental contributions to oppositional defiant behavior: a multi-informant twin study. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2005 Sep;44(9):907–14.
Hudziak, James J., et al. “The genetic and environmental contributions to oppositional defiant behavior: a multi-informant twin study.J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, vol. 44, no. 9, Sept. 2005, pp. 907–14. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/01.chi.0000169011.73912.27.
Hudziak JJ, Derks EM, Althoff RR, Copeland W, Boomsma DI. The genetic and environmental contributions to oppositional defiant behavior: a multi-informant twin study. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2005 Sep;44(9):907–914.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry

DOI

ISSN

0890-8567

Publication Date

September 2005

Volume

44

Issue

9

Start / End Page

907 / 914

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Twins, Monozygotic
  • Twins, Dizygotic
  • Social Environment
  • Phenotype
  • Observer Variation
  • Netherlands
  • Mothers
  • Male
  • Humans