Genetic contributions to continuity and change in attachment security: A prospective, longitudinal investigation from infancy to young adulthood

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1223-1230

  Lee Raby, K ^a   Cicchetti, Dante ^a   Carlson, Elizabeth A ^a   Egeland, Byron ^a   Andrew Collins, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; continuity; development; genetics

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DRD4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; OXTR PROTEIN, HUMAN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTACHMENT; CONTINUITY EFFECT; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTACHMENT; CONTINUITY; DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RISK; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885589785     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12093     Document Type: Article

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