Man-Kit Lei

TL;DR: The racial discrimination to AL link was not significant for young adults who received high emotional support, and a possible buffer of the association was found.

TL;DR: It is found that relatively common variants of the dopamine receptor gene and the serotonin transporter gene interact with social environmental conditions to predict aggression in a manner consonant with differential susceptibility and that a latent construct formed by these schemas and emotions mediated the effect of gene by environment interaction on aggression.

TL;DR: It is concluded that AHRR DNA methylation status is a sensitive marker of smoking history and could serve as a biomarker of smoking that could supplement self-report or existing biomarker measures in clinical or epidemiological analyses of the effects of smoking.

TL;DR: Findings support the view that chronic financial pressures associated with low income exert a weathering effect that results in premature aging.

TL;DR: This study demonstrates that parenting processes have the potential to ameliorate genetic risk and that involved-supportive parenting would attenuate the link between the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism and longitudinal increases in substance use.