Dopamine receptor D4 gene moderates the effect of positive and negative peer experiences on later delinquency: The Tracking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey study

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 4 PART 1, 2013, Pages 1107-1117

  Kretschmer, Tina ^a,b   Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis ^a   Ormel, Johan ^c   Verhulst, Frank C ^d   Veenstra, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DRD4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALLELES; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887791682     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579413000400     Document Type: Article

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