Gene-culture interaction: Oxytocin receptor polymorphism (oxtr) and emotion regulation

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 665-672

  Kim, Heejung S ^a   Sherman, David K ^a   Mojaverian, Taraneh ^a   Sasaki, Joni Y ^a   Park, Jinyoung ^b   Suh, Eunkook M ^b   Taylor, Shelley E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; emotion regulation; genetics; OXTR

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053079215     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611405854     Document Type: Article

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