Early adverse environments and genetic influences on age at first sex: Evidence for gene × environment interaction

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1532-1531

  Carlson, Marie D ^a   Mendle, Jane ^b   Paige Harden, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Department of Human Development Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Age at first sexual intercourse; Environmental adversity; G E interaction; SES; Vantage sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COITUS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; COITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922323440     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035479     Document Type: Article

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