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Genetic moderation of early child-care effects on social functioning across childhood: a developmental analysis.
Child development - 1 Jan 2000
Belsky Jay, Pluess Michael
Abstract excerpt
Data from 508 Caucasian children in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development shows that the DRD4 (but not 5-HTTLPR) polymorphism moderates the effect of child-care quality (but not quantity or type) on caregiver-reported externalizing problems at 54 months and in kindergarten and teacher-reported social skills at kindergarten and first grade-but not thereafter. Only children carrying the 7-repeat...
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