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PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN
Volume 136, Issue 3, Pages 341-343Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/a0019116
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attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; shared environment; meta-analysis
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A recent large-scale meta-analysis of twin and adoption studies indicated that shared environmental influences make important contributions to most forms of child and adolescent psychopathology (Burt, 2009b) The sole exception to this robust pattern of results was observed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which appeared to be largely genetic (and particularly nonadditive genetic) in origin, with no observable influence of the shared environment. The central thesis of Wood, Buitelaar, Rusdijk, Asherson, and Kunsti (2010) is that, contrary to these findings, shared environmental influences are important for ADHD As evidence for this thesis, Wood et al presented a summary of prior twin studies. followed by a discussion of 4 methodological issues that may account for my findings in Burt (2009b) I argue that, although the methodological concerns raised by Wood et al are very important, they do not undermine my earlier results (Bun, 2009b) I close with a discussion of 2 issues that may allow for some shared environmental influences on ADHD
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