DRD4 genotype moderates the impact of parental problems on unresolved loss or trauma

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-269

  Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a   van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^a   Caspersb, Kristin ^b   Philibert, Robert ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; AAI; Differential susceptibility; DRD4; GxE; Nresolved loss or trauma

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DRD4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PARENTS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956192651     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2011.562415     Document Type: Article

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