Observed positive parenting behaviors and youth genotype: evidence for gene-environment correlations and moderation by parent personality traits.

ABSTRACT: Gene-environment correlations (rGE) have been demonstrated in behavioral genetic studies, but rGE have proven elusive in molecular genetic research. Significant gene-environment correlations may be difficult to detect because potential moderators could reduce correlations between measured genetic variants and the environment. Molecular genetic studies investigating moderated rGE are lacking. This study examined associations between child catechol-O-methyltransferase genotype and aspects of positive parenting (responsiveness and warmth), and whether these associations were moderated by parental personality traits (neuroticism and extraversion) among a general community sample of third, sixth, and ninth graders (N = 263) and their parents. Results showed that parent personality traits modera

SUBMITTER: Oppenheimer CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3717259 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature