Children's 5-HTTLPR genotype moderates the link between maternal criticism and attentional biases specifically for facial displays of anger

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1104-1120

  Gibb, Brandon E ^a   Johnson, Ashley L ^a   Benas, Jessica S ^a   Uhrlass, Dorothy J ^a   Knopik, Valerie S ^b   McGeary, John E ^c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Attentional bias; Criticism; Expressed emotion; G E

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOTHER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADULT; ALLELES; ANGER; ATTENTION; CHILD; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 80052488891     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.508267     Document Type: Article

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