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SUBMITTER: Verhagen M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3960275 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Verhagen Maaike M van Roekel Eeske E Engels Rutger C M E RC
PloS one 20140319 3
Previous research has shown that loneliness has a heritable component and that genes within the serotonin-, dopamine-, and oxytocin systems are related to loneliness in adolescence. In the present study, the relation between the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and loneliness in adolescent boys and girls was examined in a longitudinal study spanning five annual waves (N = 305). Latent growth curve modeling (LGCM) was used to examine the baseline level and the change in loneliness over time. The main f ...[more]