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Differential associations of sex and D2 dopamine receptor (DRD2) genotype with negative affect and other substance abuse risk markers in children of alcoholics.
Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) - 1 Jul 2003
Berman Steven M, Ozkaragoz Tulin, Noble Ernest P, Antolin Tim, Sheen Courtney, Siddarth Prabha, Conner Bradley T, Ritchie Terry
Abstract excerpt
Children of alcoholics have increased risk for substance abuse problems. Self-medication of negative affect may be one developmental path to future substance abuse. Because the 146 young (adolescent) children of alcoholics in the current sample had not used enough abused substances to study substance use directly, the relation of substance abuse risk markers to negative affect was assessed. Because the D2...
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