Social stress and the oxytocin receptor gene interact to predict antisocial behavior in an at-risk cohort

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 309-318

  Smearman, Erica L ^a,b   Winiarski, D Anne ^c   Brennan, Patricia A ^c   Najman, Jake ^d   Johnson, Katrina C ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXTR PROTEIN, HUMAN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALLELE; COMPLICATION; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALLELES; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85028239464     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579414000649     Document Type: Article

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