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SynthesisResearch on child and adolescent psychopathology2021

Dopaminergic Genetic Variation in Young Adolescents: Associations with Sensation-Seeking.

Vaibhav R Sapuram, Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn, Lori M Hilt, Catherine B Stroud

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Synthesis in Research on child and adolescent psychopathology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Vaibhav R SapuramDepartment of Psychology, The University of North Carolina, NC, 27412, Greensboro, USA. vaibhav.sapuram@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-9000-036X
Suzanne Vrshek-SchallhornDepartment of Psychology, The University of North Carolina, NC, 27412, Greensboro, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2825-200X
Lori M HiltDepartment of Psychology, Lawrence University, WI, Appleton, USA.
Catherine B StroudDepartment of Psychology, Williams College, MA, 01267, Williamstown, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5737-5231
University of North Carolina at Greensboro · USLawrence University · USWilliams College · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deficient reward functioning, including reward-related personality, is implicated in depression's etiology. A dopaminergic genetic multilocus genetic profile score (MGPS) has previously been associated with neural reward responsivity but, despite theoretical basis, has not been studied with reward-related personality. Such research is needed to elucidate associations between genetic variation and reward-related personality in a developmentally sensitive population. In the present study, we examined associations between dopaminergic MGPS's and self-report reward-related personality in two young adolescent samples aged 10-15 years old (Sample 1: N = 100 girls, 82% White, 18% Other; Sample 2: N = 141, 65 girls, 76 boys, 89.36% White, 10.64% Other) using an established MGPS and an augmented MGPS. A "mini" meta-analysis synthesized results across samples. In Sample 1, an exploratory mediation analysis intended to gauge effect size for future work tested a path between the MGPS and depression through significant reward traits. In each independent sample, both MGPS's showed significant associations with sensation-seeking but not social drive, a pattern that persisted following correction. Effect sizes of novel variants were at least as robust as established variants, suggesting their added utility. Additionally, the exploratory mediation analysis suggested no noteworthy indirect effect, but a small (R

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DopamineRewardAdolescentChildFemaleGenetic VariationHumansMaleProspective StudiesSensationDopamineDepressionDopamineGeneticsSensation-seeking

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