The effects of child maltreatment and polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter and dopamine D4 receptor genes on infant attachment and intervention efficacy

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 357-372

  Cicchetti, Dante ^a,b   Rogosch, Fred A ^b   Toth, Sheree L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 79956116063     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579411000113     Document Type: Article

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