The Expression of Genetic Risk for Aggressive and Non-aggressive Antisocial Behavior is Moderated by Peer Group Norms

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1379-1395

  Vitaro, Frank ^a,f   Brendgen, Mara ^a,b,f   Girard, Alain ^a,f   Boivin, Michel ^a,c,e   Dionne, Ginette ^a,c   Tremblay, Richard E ^a,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Behavior genetics; Gene environment interaction; Group norms; Pre adolescents; Twins

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PEER GROUP;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84930476334     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-015-0296-y     Document Type: Article

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