Peer Victimization and DRD4 Genotype Influence Problem Behaviors in Young Children

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1478-1493

  DiLalla, Lisabeth Fisher ^a   Bersted, Kyle ^b   John, Sufna Gheyara ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

DRD4; Externalizing; G E interaction; Internalizing; Victimization

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DRD4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLELE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTOR;

ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84930485458     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-015-0282-4     Document Type: Article

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