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SUBMITTER: Morrison CL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7855628 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Morrison Claire L CL Rhee Soo Hyun SH Smolker Harry R HR Corley Robin P RP Hewitt John K JK Friedman Naomi P NP
Behavior genetics 20200921 1
Although stress is frequently considered an environmental factor, dependent stressful life events (SLEs)--stressors that result from one's actions or behaviors--may in fact be evoked by a genetic liability. It has been suggested that dependent SLEs may be partially caused by poor executive function (EFs), higher-level cognitive abilities that enable individuals to implement goal-directed behavior. We investigated the possibility of genetic and environmental overlap between SLEs and EFs in a long ...[more]