Resilience and Vulnerability in Adolescents: Genetic Influences on Differential Response to Risk for Delinquency

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1080-1095

  Newsome, Jamie ^a   Sullivan, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Delinquency; Resilience; Risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84902553526     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-014-0108-9     Document Type: Article

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