Article
Harsh discipline, childhood sexual assault, and MAOA genotype: an investigation of main and interactive effects on diverse clinical externalizing outcomes.
Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 2010
Derringer Jaime, Krueger Robert F, Irons Daniel E, Iacono William G
Abstract excerpt
We studied the impact of MAOA genotype, childhood sexual assault, and harsh discipline on clinical externalizing symptoms (substance problems, adult antisocial behavior, and conduct disorder). Participants were 841 individual twins from the Minnesota Twin Family Study assessed through age 25. MAOA genotype was not associated with differences in any phenotype, nor was there a significant interaction between MAOA...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Child
- Child Abuse, Sexual
- Family Relations
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Longitudinal Studies
- Male
