For better and for worse: Differential susceptibility to environmental influences

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 300-304

  Belsky, Jay ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^b   Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Differential susceptibility; Gene environment interaction; Parenting; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348983842     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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