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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2011 Apr;39(3):379–387. doi: 10.1007/s10802-010-9463-5

Table 3.

Genetic and environmental influences on bullying victimization according to mothers and children

Bullied in Zygosity
 Etiological influences
MZ
Correlation r (n pairs)		 DZ
Correlation r (n pairs)		 Genetic Common environment Unique environment
Primary school
  Mother 0.69 (596) 0.42 (578) 0.54 0.15 0.31
  Child 0.57 (504) 0.41 (486) 0.32 0.25 0.43
Secondary school
  Mother 0.79 (581) 0.55 (578) 0.47 0.32 0.21
  Child 0.66 (490) 0.46 (486) 0.40 0.26 0.34

Estimates for etiological influences were calculated using Falconer’s equation