BUTP in the News

Nature or nurture: unravelling the roots of childhood behaviour disorders

Past research technician and University of Bath student Greg Chapman wrote this article as part of his internship experience while at BUTP. His work was featured in The Guardian in May of 2018.

To Be A Twin, part two

May 10th, 2013 in BUTP.

Part two of Kathleen Shannon's series on twins

Watch video on NBC Portland

To Be A Twin, part one

May 10th, 2013 in BUTP.

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a twin? Have someone mirror your looks, or at least share so many of the same experiences? Kathleen Shannon talks with three sets of twins about what their relationship is like.

Tomorrow, we will talk with the twins about what it's like when one falls in love and the burning issue of separating twins in elementary school.

Watch full video on NBC Portland

Society for Research in Child Development Presentations

April 10th, 2013 in BUTP.

Poster Presentations prepared for the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) 2013.

A Cross-lagged Twin Study of Etiological Links Between Activity Level and Attention Problems in Early Childhood

Does Difficult Temperament Moderate Genetic and Environmental Influences on Externalizing Problems?

Emotion Regulation and Parent-Child Dyadic Mutuality: An Evocative Gene-Environment Correlation

Difficult Temperament and Externalizing Behavior Problems in Preschool: A Genetically Informed Cross-lagged Model

Environmental Influences on Positive Affect: Different Measures, Different Results

Negative Parenting and Externalizing Behavior Across Preschool: A Cross-lagged Analysis

Genetic and Environmental Associations between Temperament and Vocabulary

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