Catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met genotype moderates the effect of disorganized attachment on social development in young children

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 947-961

  Hygen, Beate Wold ^a,b   Guzey, Ismail Cuneyt ^a,c   Belsky, Jay ^d,e   Berg Nielsen, Turid Suzanne ^a   Wichstrom, Lars ^a,b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NTNU SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AGGRESSION; ALLELE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

AGGRESSION; ALLELES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SKILLS;

EID: 84901885930     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579414000492     Document Type: Article

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