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Response Interruption and Redirection
This chapter reviews redirection as a treatment for automatically reinforced challenging behavior by summarizing the redirection literature and...
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Non-psychopathology Related Outcomes Among Siblings of Individuals with Mental Illness: A Systematic Review
The current study consists of a systematic review of the quantitative literature on siblings of individuals with mental illness (MI). Despite the...
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Reading/writing direction as a source of directional bias in spatial cognition: Possible mechanisms and scope
Becoming literate has been argued to have a range of social, economic and psychological effects. Less examined is the extent to which repercussions...
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Social Causes of Violence and Aggression: III. Evolution of Aggression over the Lifespan
Learning is a key component of the acquisition and maintenance of aggression and violence and related social and communication behavior over the...
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Quantile-Specific Heritability of Intakes of Alcohol but not Other Macronutrients
Genetic heritability ( h 2 ) of alcohol use is reported to be greater in rural dwellers, distressed marriages, low socioeconomic status, in girls who...
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Self-Injurious Behavior in Persons with Autism Spectrum Conditions
Autism spectrum conditions have been identified as a risk factor for self-injury in people with intellectual disabilities, but high rates of...
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Handedness in twins: meta-analyses
BackgroundIn the general population, 10.6% of people favor their left hand over the right for motor tasks. Previous research suggests higher...
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Quantile-Specific Heritability may Account for Gene–Environment Interactions Involving Coffee Consumption
Estimated heritability of coffee intake ranges from 0.36 to 0.58, however, these point estimates assume that inherited effects are the same...
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Sibling Similarity in Metabolic Syndrome: The Portuguese Sibling Study on Growth, Fitness, Lifestyle and Health
This study aims to estimate sibling resemblance in metabolic syndrome (MS) markers, and to investigate the associations of biological and behavioral...
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Having Siblings is Associated with Better Social Functioning in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sibling relationships play a unique developmental role, especially in emotional and social domains. In autism spectrum disorder (ASD),...
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Familial Influences on Neuroticism and Education in the UK Biobank
Genome-wide studies often exclude family members, even though they are a valuable source of information. We identified parent–offspring pairs,...
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Revisiting the Children-of-Twins Design: Improving Existing Models for the Exploration of Intergenerational Associations
Datasets comprising twins and their children can be a useful tool for understanding the nature of intergenerational associations between parent and...
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Academic Assessment
Children growing up in information-age societies are immersed in educational contexts in which academic demands are pervasive. These demands interact...
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Minor Allele Frequency Changes the Nature of Genotype by Environment Interactions
In the classical twin study, phenotypic variation is often partitioned into additive genetic ( A ), common ( C ) and specific environment ( E ) components....
