HYPERACTIVITY AND SPELLING DISABILITY - TESTING FOR SHARED GENETIC ETIOLOGY

被引:115
作者
STEVENSON, J
PENNINGTON, BF
GILGER, JW
DEFRIES, JC
GILLIS, JJ
机构
[1] UNIV DENVER,DEPT PSYCHOL,DENVER,CO 80208
[2] UNIV COLORADO,INST BEHAV GENET,BOULDER,CO 80309
来源
JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY AND ALLIED DISCIPLINES | 1993年 / 34卷 / 07期
关键词
HYPERACTIVITY; SPELLING DISABILITY; COMORBIDITY; GENETIC;
D O I
10.1111/j.1469-7610.1993.tb01779.x
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
The influence of genetic factors in the comorbidity of spelling disability and hyperactivity was investigated in two samples of 190 and 260 same sex twin pairs. The method of bivariate group heritability was used to estimate the genetic correlation for spelling disability and hyperactivity. A similar though not statistically significant value for the genetic correlation was obtained for the two samples (0.29 and 0.42). It was estimated that approximately 75% of the co-occurrence of these two conditions was due to shared genetic influences.
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页码:1137 / 1152
页数:16
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