Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 11 , Pages 1102-1109 , November 2009

Structured Parenting of Toddlers at High Versus Low Genetic Risk: Two Pathways to Child Problems

,Accepted 16 July 2009.

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 This article was reviewed under and accepted by Associate Editor James J. Hudziak, M.D.Support for this project and the writing of this manuscript was provided by grants R01 HD042608 and P30 DA023920.The authors thank Rand Conger and John Reid for their contributions to this study.

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doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181b8bfc0

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 11 , Pages 1102-1109 , November 2009

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