Gene-environment interaction between peer victimization and child aggression

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 455-471

  Brendgen, Mara ^a   Boivin, Michel ^b   Vitaro, Frank ^c   Girard, Alain ^c   Dionne, Ginette ^b   Pérusse, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TWINS; VICTIM;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 42549113988     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579408000229     Document Type: Article

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