5HTT genotype moderates the influence of early institutional deprivation on emotional problems in adolescence: Evidence from the English and Romanian Adoptee (ERA) study

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 755-762

  Kumsta, Robert ^a,b   Stevens, Suzanne ^a,b   Brookes, Keeley ^a   Schlotz, Wolff ^b   Castle, Jenny ^a   Beckett, Celia ^a   Kreppner, Jana ^b   Rutter, Michael ^a   Sonuga Barke, Edmund ^a,b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Depression; Early institutional deprivation; Gene environment interactions; Prospective longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONDUCT DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; ORPHANED CHILD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROMANIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ALLELES; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDUCT DISORDER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROMANIA; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77953180502     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02249.x     Document Type: Article

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