Monoamine Oxidase A (MAOA) and Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) Gene Polymorphisms Interact with Maternal Parenting in Association with Adolescent Reactive Aggression but not Proactive Aggression: Evidence of Differential Susceptibility

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 812-829

  Zhang, Wenxin ^a   Cao, Cong ^a   Wang, Meiping ^a   Ji, Linqin ^a   Cao, Yanmiao ^a  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

COMT gene; Differential susceptibility; MAOA gene; Proactive aggression; Reactive aggression

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AGGRESSION; ALLELE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGGRESSION; ALLELES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84959348884     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-016-0442-1     Document Type: Article

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