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Child exposure to serious life events, COMT, and aggression: Testing differential susceptibility theory.

Developmental psychology - 1 Aug 2015

Hygen Beate Wold, Belsky Jay, Stenseng Frode, Lydersen Stian, Guzey Ismail Cuneyt, Wichstrøm Lars

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Both genetic and environmental factors contribute to individual differences in aggression. Catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met (COMT), a common, functional polymorphism, has been implicated in aggression and aggression traits, as have childhood experiences of adversity. It is unknown whether these effects are additive or interactional and, in the case of interaction, whether they conform to a diathesis-stress...

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PMID: 26053146
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000020

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