Can friends protect genetically vulnerable children from depression?

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 277-289

  Brendgen, Mara ^a,b   Vitaro, Frank ^b,c   Bukowski, William M ^d   Dionne, Ginette ^e   Tremblay, Richard E ^b,c,f,g   Boivin, Michel ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TWINS;

CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; TWINS;

EID: 84877005773     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579412001058     Document Type: Article

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