Evidence for Interplay between Genes and Parenting on Infant Temperament in the First Year of Life: Monoamine Oxidase a Polymorphism Moderates Effects of Maternal Sensitivity on Infant Anger Proneness

Autor/inn/en	Pickles, Andrew; Hill, Jonathan; Breen, Gerome; Quinn, John; Abbott, Kate; Jones, Helen; Sharp, Helen
Titel	Evidence for Interplay between Genes and Parenting on Infant Temperament in the First Year of Life: Monoamine Oxidase a Polymorphism Moderates Effects of Maternal Sensitivity on Infant Anger Proneness
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54 (2013) 12, S.1308-1317 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9630
DOI	10.1111/jcpp.12081
Schlagwörter	Antisocial Behavior; Behavior Disorders; Infants; Genetics; Correlation; Infant Behavior; Psychological Patterns; Personality Traits; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Affective Behavior; Parenting Styles; Physiology; Prediction; Aggression; At Risk Persons; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Humangenetik; Korrelation; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Physiologie; Vorhersage; Risikogruppe; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Background: The low expression polymorphism of the MAOA gene in interaction with adverse environments (G × E) is associated with antisocial behaviour disorders. These have their origins in early life, but it is not known whether MAOA G × E occurs in infants. We therefore examined whether MAOA G × E predicts infant anger proneness, a temperamental dimension associated with later antisocial behaviour disorders. In contrast to previous studies, we examined MAOA G × E prospectively using an observational measure of a key aspect of the infant environment, maternal sensitivity, at a specified developmental time point. Methods: In a stratified epidemiological cohort recruited during pregnancy, we ascertained MAOA status (low vs. high expression alleles) from the saliva of 193 infants, and examined specific predictions to maternal report of infant temperament at 14 months from maternal sensitivity assessed at 29 weeks of age. Results: Analyses, weighted to provide general population estimates, indicated a robust interaction between MAOA status and maternal sensitivity in the prediction of infant anger proneness (p = 0.003) which became stronger once possible confounders for maternal sensitivity were included in the model (p = 0.0001). The interaction terms were similar in males (p = 0.010) and females (p = 0.016), but the effects were different as a consequence of an additional sex of infant by maternal sensitivity interaction. Conclusions: This prospective study provides the first evidence of moderation by the MAOA gene of effects of parenting on infant anger proneness, an important early risk for the development of disruptive and aggressive behaviour disorders. (As Provided).
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