Article
Associations Between a Genetic Liability Toward Externalizing and Behavioral Outcomes Spanning Toddlerhood Through Early Adulthood in Five Developmental Cohorts.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 1 Feb 2026
Choi Maia, Poore Holly E, Brislin Sarah J, Barr Peter B, Aliev Fazil, Zellers Stephanie, Saunders Gretchen R B, Salvatore Jessica E, Vrieze Scott I, Harden K Paige, Palmer Abraham A, Raevuori Anu, Latvala Antti, Dick Danielle M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Understanding how genetic risk unfolds across development will be important for using genetics to inform prevention and early intervention. The current study leverages information from 5 large datasets to characterize behavioral manifestations of a genetic liability toward externalizing from ages 6 months to 26 years. METHOD: We used polygenic scores (PGS) derived from a multivariate genome-wide...
Topics
- Humans
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Adolescent
- Male
- Female
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Infant
- Young Adult
- Adult
