Interaction between serotonin transporter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and stressful life events in adolescents' trajectories of anxious/depressed symptoms

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1463-1475

  Petersen, Isaac T ^a   Bates, John E ^a   Goodnight, Jackson A ^b   Dodge, Kenneth A ^c   Lansford, Jennifer E ^c   Pettit, Gregory S ^d   Latendresse, Shawn J ^e   Dick, Danielle M ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Dayton   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR serotonin transporter gene polymorphism; Adolescence; Anxiety and depressio; Family stress; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIANA; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTHERS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TENNESSEE;

EID: 84867558636     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027471     Document Type: Article

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