@article{ref1,
title="Evaluating the genetic susceptibility to peer reported bullying behaviors",
journal="Psychiatry research",
year="2018",
author="Musci, Rashelle J. and Bettencourt, Amie F. and Sisto, Danielle and Maher, Brion and Uhl, George and Ialongo, Nicholas and Bradshaw, Catherine Pilcher",
volume="263",
number="",
pages="193-198",
abstract="Bullying is a significant public health concern with lasting impacts on youth. Although environmental risk factors for bullying have been well-characterized, genetic influences on bullying are not well understood. This study explored the role of genetics on early childhood bullying behavior. Participants were 561 children who participated in a longitudinal randomized control trial of a preventive intervention beginning in first grade who were present for the first grade peer nominations used to measure early childhood bullying and who provided genetic data during the age 19-21 year follow-up in the form of blood or saliva. Measures included a polygenic risk score (PRS) derived from a conduct disorder genome wide association study. Latent profile analysis identified three profiles of bullying behaviors during early childhood. <br><br>RESULTS suggest that the PRS was significantly associated with class membership, with individuals in the moderate bully-victim profile having the highest levels of the PRS and those in the high bully-victim profile having the lowest levels. This line of research has important implications for understanding genetic vulnerability to bullying in early childhood.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-1781",
doi="10.1016/j.psychres.2018.03.016",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.03.016"
}