Table 1.
Panel A: Emotional problems (age 12 years) |
Panel B: Change in emotional problems (ages 5-12 years) |
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Predictor variables | b | se | t | p | b | se | t | p |
Genetic and environmental main effects | ||||||||
5-HTTLPR | .38 | .31 | 1.23 | .218 | .49 | .35 | 1.40 | .160 |
Occasional bullying | 1.60 | .38 | 4.20 | <.001 | 1.47 | .46 | 3.23 | .001 |
Frequent bullying | 5.56 | .82 | 6.76 | <.001 | 4.09 | .77 | 5.28 | <.001 |
Gene × Environment interactions | ||||||||
5-HTTLPR × Occasional bullying | .30 | .54 | 0.55 | 0.582 | -.44 | .66 | -.66 | .508 |
5-HTTLPR × Frequent bullying | 2.33 | 1.23 | 1.89 | 0.059 | 2.90 | 1.17 | 2.48 | .013 |
Note: 5-HTTLPR = serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region