The role of maternal stress during pregnancy, maternal discipline, and child COMT Val158Met genotype in the development of compliance

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 451-464

  Kok, Rianne ^a,b,c   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a   van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^a,d   Velders, Fleur P ^b,c   Linting, Mariëlle ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^b   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

Committed compliance; Differential susceptibility; Dopamine related gene polymorphisms; Maternal discipline; Prenatal family stress

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84878842991     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21049     Document Type: Article

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