Serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) genotype moderates the longitudinal impact of early caregiving on externalizing behavior

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-18

  Brett, Zoë H ^a   Humphreys, Kathryn L ^a   Smyke, Anna T ^a   Gleason, Mary Margaret ^a   Nelson, Charles A ^b   Zeanah, Charles H ^a   Fox, Nathan A ^c   Drury, Stacy S ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLELE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ALLELES; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84922121808     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579414001266     Document Type: Article

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