Article
Nature X nurture: genetic vulnerabilities interact with physical maltreatment to promote conduct problems.
Development and psychopathology - 1 Jan 2005
Jaffee Sara R, Caspi Avshalom, Moffitt Terrie E, Dodge Kenneth A, Rutter Michael, Taylor Alan, Tully Lucy A
Abstract excerpt
Maltreatment places children at risk for psychiatric morbidity, especially conduct problems. However, not all maltreated children develop conduct problems. We tested whether the effect of physical maltreatment on risk for conduct problems was strongest among those who were at high genetic risk for these problems using data from the E-risk Study, a representative cohort of 1,116 5-year-old British twin pairs and...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Child
- Child Abuse
- Child Behavior Disorders
- Child Development
- Comorbidity
- Conduct Disorder
- Diseases in Twins
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease