Author(s): Commisso M; Persram RP; Lopez LS; Bukowski WM;

The moderating roles of friendship and contextual variables on associations between social withdrawal and peer exclusion and growth curves of depressed affect were studied with a three-wave multilevel longitudinal design. Participants were 313 boys and girls aged 10-12 from Canada (n = 139), mostly of European and North African descent, and Colombia (n = ...

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Author(s): Morneau-Vaillancourt G; Andlauer TFM; Ouellet-Morin I; Paquin S; Brendgen MR; Vitaro F; Gouin JP; Séguin JR; Gagnon É; Cheesman R; Forget-Dubois N; Rouleau GA; Turecki G; Tremblay RE; Côté SM; Dionne G; Boivin M;

Background: Children who consistently withdraw from social situations face increased risk for later socioemotional difficulties. Twin studies indicate that genetic factors substantially account for the persistence of social withdrawal over time. However, the molecular genetic etiology of chronic ...

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