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5-HTTLPR × interpersonal stress interaction and nonsuicidal self-injury in general community sample of youth.
Psychiatry research - 28 Feb 2015
Hankin Benjamin L, Barrocas Andrea L, Young Jami F, Haberstick Brett, Smolen Andrew
Abstract excerpt
No research with youth has investigated whether measured genetic risk interacts with stressful environment (G⁎E) to explain engagement in non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). Two independent samples of youth were used to test the a priori hypothesis that the Transporter-Linked Polymorphic Region (5-HTTLPR) would interact with chronic interpersonal stress to predict NSSI. We tested this hypothesis with children and...
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