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Differential susceptibility to parenting among African American youths: testing the DRD4 hypothesis.
Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) - 1 Oct 2010
Beach Steven R H, Brody Gene H, Lei Man-Kit, Philibert Robert A
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To test the differential susceptibility to parenting hypothesis, a 4-wave, randomized prevention design was used to examine the impact of the Strong African American Families program on past-month substance use across 29 months as a function of DRD4 genotype. Youths (N = 337; M age = 11.65 years) were assigned randomly to treatment condition. Those carrying a 7-repeat allele showed greater differential response...
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