The association between parenting and attachment security is moderated by a polymorphism in the mineralocorticoid receptor gene: Evidence for differential susceptibility

Biological Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-40

  Luijk, Maartje P C M ^a,b,c   Tharner, Anne ^a,b,c   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a   van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^a,d   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^b,c   Hofman, Albert ^b   Verhulst, Frank C ^c   Tiemeier, Henning ^b,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment; Differential susceptibility; GR; MR; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR GENE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR GENE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID;

EID: 80052504870     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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