Resiliency to Victimization: The Role of Genetic Factors

Autor/inn/en	Beaver, Kevin M.; Mancini, Christina; DeLisi, Matt; Vaughn, Michael G.
Titel	Resiliency to Victimization: The Role of Genetic Factors
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26 (2011) 5, S.874-898 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260510365860
Schlagwörter	At Risk Persons; Genetics; Victims of Crime; Resilience (Psychology); Individual Characteristics; Adolescents; Aggression; High School Students; Middle School Students; Self Control; Peer Influence; Delinquency; Parent Child Relationship; Mothers; Longitudinal Studies; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risikogruppe; Humangenetik; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Selbstbeherrschung; Kriminalität; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Mother; Mutter; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	There is a burgeoning line of criminological research examining the genetic underpinnings to a wide array of antisocial phenotypes. From this perspective, genes are typically viewed as risk factors that increase the odds of various maladaptive behaviors. However, genes can also have protective effects that insulate against the deleterious effects of environmental pathogens. The authors use this logic as a springboard to examine whether four different genes protect against victimization in a sample of youths determined to be at risk for being victimized. Analysis of data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) revealed that certain genetic polymorphisms protected adolescents from victimization. The authors conclude by discussing the complex ways in which genes and the environment can promote resiliency to victimization. (Contains 2 notes and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10