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Gene-environment interaction between peer victimization and child aggression.
Development and psychopathology - 1 Jan 2008
Brendgen Mara, Boivin Michel, Vitaro Frank, Girard Alain, Dionne Ginette, Pérusse Daniel
Abstract excerpt
Although peer victimization places children at serious risk for aggressive behavior, not all victimized children are aggressive. The diathesis-stress hypothesis of disease proposes that an environmental stressor such as peer victimization should to lead to maladjustment mostly in those individuals with preexisting genetic vulnerabilities. Accordingly, this study examined whether the link between peer...
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