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Maternal unresponsiveness and child disruptive problems: the interplay of uninhibited temperament and dopamine transporter genes.
Child development - 1 Jan 2000
Davies Patrick, Cicchetti Dante, Hentges Rochelle F
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This study examined how and why dopamine transporter (DAT1) susceptibility alleles moderate the relation between maternal unresponsiveness and young children's behavior problems in a disadvantaged, predominantly minority sample of 201 two-year-old children and their mothers. Using a multimethod, multisource design, the findings indicated that a genetic composite of DAT1 susceptibility alleles (rs27072, rs40184)...
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