The BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism Interacts with Maternal Parenting Influencing Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: Evidence of Differential Susceptibility Model

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 471-483

  Zhang, Leilei ^a   Li, Zhi ^b   Chen, Jie ^a   Li, Xinying ^a   Zhang, Jianxin ^a   Belsky, Jay ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent depressive symptoms; BDNF Val66Met polymorphism; Differential susceptibility; Gene environment interaction; Maternal parenting

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHILD; CHINA; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84957973840     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-015-0378-x     Document Type: Article

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