Impact of child sex abuse on adult psychopathology: A genetically and epigenetically informed investigation

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-11

  Beach, Steven R H ^a   Brody, Gene H ^a   Lei, Man Kit ^a   Gibbons, Frederick X ^b   Gerrard, Meg ^b   Simons, Ronald L ^a   Cutrona, Carolyn E ^c   Philibert, Robert A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c E005A Lagomarcino Hall   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Child sex abuse; Epigenetic; Methylation; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 84881164456     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031459     Document Type: Article

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