Culture, distress, and oxytocin receptor polymorphism (OXTR) interact to influence emotional support seeking

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 15717-15721

  Kim, Heejung S ^a   Sherman, David K ^a   Sasaki, Joni Y ^a   Xu, Jun ^b   Chu, Thai Q ^a   Ryu, Chorong ^c   Suh, Eunkook M ^c   Graham, Kelsey ^b   Taylor, Shelley E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene by culture interaction; Genetics; Psychological distress; Social support; Stress coping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SEEKING; FEMALE; GENE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR POLYMORPHISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES;

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957671552     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1010830107     Document Type: Article

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