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Perceived discrimination, serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region status, and the development of conduct problems.
Development and psychopathology - 1 May 2011
Brody Gene H, Beach Steven R H, Chen Yi-Fu, Obasi Ezemenari, Philibert Robert A, Kogan Steven M, Simons Ronald L
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This study examined the prospective relations of adolescents' perceptions of discrimination and their genetic status with increases in conduct problems. Participants were 461 African American youths residing in rural Georgia (Wave 1 mean age = 15.5 years) who provided three waves of data and a saliva sample from which a polymorphism in the SCL6A4 (serotonin transporter [5-HTT]) gene polymorphism known as the...
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