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Gene x Environment interactions in speech sound disorder predict language and preliteracy outcomes.
Development and psychopathology - 1 Jan 2007
McGrath Lauren M, Pennington Bruce F, Willcutt Erik G, Boada Richard, Shriberg Lawrence D, Smith Shelley D
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Few studies have investigated the role of gene x environment interactions (G x E) in speech, language, and literacy disorders. Currently, there are two theoretical models, the diathesis-stress model and the bioecological model, that make opposite predictions about the expected direction of G x E, because environmental risk factors may either strengthen or weaken the effect of genes on phenotypes. The purpose of...
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