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Critical Need for Family-Based, Quasi-Experimental Designs in Integrating Genetic and Social Science Research by D'ONOFRIO, Brian M, LAHEY, Benjamin B, TURKHEIMER, Eric, LICHTENSTEIN, Paul

“…Researchers have identified environmental risks that predict subsequent psychological and medical problems. Based on these correlational findings, researchers…”
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Family environment and the malleability of cognitive ability: A Swedish national home-reared and adopted-away cosibling control study by Kendler, Kenneth S., Turkheimer, Eric, Ohlsson, Henrik, Sundquist, Jan, Sundquist, Kristina

“…Cognitive ability strongly aggregates in families, and prior twin and adoption studies have suggested that this is the result of both genetic and environmental…”
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Socioeconomic Status Modifies Heritability of IQ in Young Children by Turkheimer, Eric, Haley, Andreana, Waldron, Mary, D'Onofrio, Brian, Gottesman, Irving I.

“…Scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children were analyzed in a sample of 7-year-old twins from the National Collaborative Perinatal Project. A…”
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A Phenotypic Null Hypothesis for the Genetics of Personality by TURKHEIMER, Eric, PETTERSSON, Erik, HORN, Erin E

“…We review the genetically informed literature on the genetics of personality. Over the past century, quantitative genetic studies, using identical and…”
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Genetics and Human Agency: Comment on Dar-Nimrod and Heine (2011) by Turkheimer, Eric

“…Dar-Nimrod and Heine (2011) decried genetic essentialism without denying the importance of genetics in the genesis of human behavior, and although I agree on…”
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Differential models of twin correlations in skew for body-mass index (BMI) by Tsang, Siny, Duncan, Glen E, Dinescu, Diana, Turkheimer, Eric

“…Body Mass Index (BMI), like most human phenotypes, is substantially heritable. However, BMI is not normally distributed; the skew appears to be structural, and…”
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The impact of symptom dimensions on outcome for exposure and ritual prevention therapy in obsessive-compulsive disorder by Williams, Monnica T, Farris, Samantha G, Turkheimer, Eric N, Franklin, Martin E, Simpson, H. Blair, Liebowitz, Michael, Foa, Edna B

“…Highlights • We examine the impact of symptom dimensions on treatment outcomes in OCD. • An exploratory factor analysis of 238 patients identified 5 symptom…”
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Socioeconomic Modifiers of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Body Mass Index in Adult Twins by Dinescu, Diana, Horn, Erin E, Duncan, Glen, Turkheimer, Eric

“…Objective: Individual measures of socioeconomic status (SES) suppress genetic variance in body mass index (BMI). Our objective was to examine the influence of…”
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Deliberate Self-Harm in a Nonclinical Population: Prevalence and Psychological Correlates by Klonsky, E. David, Oltmanns, Thomas F., Turkheimer, Eric

“…OBJECTIVE: Research on deliberate self-harm (intentionally injuring oneself without suicidal intent) has focused on clinical and forensic populations. Studying…”
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The pillars of health: influence of multiple lifestyle behaviors on body mass index and depressive symptoms in adult twins by Duncan, Glen E, Avery, Ally R, Tsang, Siny, Watson, Nathaniel F, Williams, Bethany D, Turkheimer, Eric

“…Guidelines promoting healthy lifestyles are cornerstones of chronic disease prevention and treatment. The purpose of this study is to investigate independent…”
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Item selection, evaluation, and simple structure in personality data by Pettersson, Erik, Turkheimer, Eric

“…We report an investigation of the genesis and interpretation of simple structure in personality data using two very different self-reported data sets. The…”
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Cultural Barriers to African American Participation in Anxiety Disorders Research by Williams, Monnica T., PhD, Beckmann-Mendez, Diana A., PhD, RN, Turkheimer, Eric, PhD

“…Abstract Anxiety disorders are understudied, underdiagnosed, and undertreated in African Americans. Research focused on the phenomenology, etiology, and…”
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Behavioral and Environmental Modification of the Genetic Influence on Body Mass Index: A Twin Study by Horn, Erin E., Turkheimer, Eric, Strachan, Eric, Duncan, Glen E.

“…Body mass index (BMI) has a strong genetic basis, with a heritability around 0.75, but is also influenced by numerous behavioral and environmental factors…”
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The role of the Children of Twins design in elucidating causal relations between parent characteristics and child outcomes by D'Onofrio, Brian M., Turkheimer, Eric N., Eaves, Lindon J., Corey, Linda A., Berg, Kare, Solaas, Marit H., Emery, Robert E.

“…Background: Determination of causal connections between parental measures and child outcomes using typical samples is limited by the inability to account for…”
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Offspring ADHD as a Risk Factor for Parental Marital Problems: Controls for Genetic and Environmental Confounds by Schermerhorn, Alice C., D'Onofrio, Brian M., Slutske, Wendy S., Emery, Robert E., Turkheimer, Eric, Harden, K. Paige, Heath, Andrew C., Martin, Nicholas G.

“…Background: Previous studies have found that child attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with more parental marital problems. However,…”
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Racial differences in the associations of neighborhood disadvantage, exposure to violence, and criminal recidivism among female juvenile offenders by Chauhan, Preeti, Reppucci, N. Dickon, Turkheimer, Eric N.

“…The current study examined the impact of exposure to violence and neighborhood disadvantage on criminal recidivism among Black (n = 69) and White (n = 53)…”
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Analysis and Interpretation of Twin Studies Including Measures of the Shared Environment by Turkheimer, Eric, D'Onofrio, Brian M., Maes, Hermine H., Eaves, Lindon J.

“…Recent reports using a classical behavior genetic research design in which twin data are combined with a measured characteristic of their shared family…”
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Weak Genetic Explanation 20 Years Later: Reply to Plomin et al. (2016) by Turkheimer, Eric

“…Plomin, DeFries, Knopik, and Neiderhiser (2016, this issue) are correct in their assertion that many discoveries of behavior genetics have proven to be robust…”
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Population density and youth antisocial behavior by Paige Harden, K., D'Onofrio, Brian M., Van Hulle, Carol, Turkheimer, Eric, Rodgers, Joseph L., Waldman, Irwin D., Lahey, Benjamin B.

“…Theoretical models concerning how neighborhood contexts adversely influence juvenile antisocial behavior frequently focus on urban neighborhoods; however,…”
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Genetics and Human Agency: The Philosophy of Behavior Genetics Introduction to the Special Issue by Turkheimer, Eric

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