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Impact of Behavioral Genetic Evidence on the Perceptions and Dispositions of Child Abuse Victims

Author(s) -

Raymond Raad,

Paul S. Appelbaum

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

public health genomics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1662-8063

pISSN - 1662-4246

DOI - 10.1159/000364994

Subject(s) - psychology , vignette , child abuse , population , clinical psychology , affect (linguistics) , psychiatry , developmental psychology , poison control , injury prevention , medicine , social psychology , environmental health , communication

Behavioral genetic research is beginning to elucidate some of the genetic contributions to human behaviors - including criminal and other problematic behaviors - and their interactions with environmental influences. One of the most studied of these interactions involves low-activity alleles of the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene, which appear to increase the risk of antisocial behavior among males in the wake of childhood maltreatment. Some scholars have suggested that decisions about disposition of child abuse victims should be shaped by these findings, but the extent of public support for such approaches has not been assessed.

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