Leslie D. Leve|Jenae M. Neiderhiser|Laura V. Scaramella|David Reiss
The Early Growth and Development Study: Using the Prospective Adoption Design to Examine Genotype–Environment Interplay
Oregon Social Learning Center|Pennsylvania State University|University of New Orleans
early growth development study egds prospective adoption design consisting 360 linked sets birth parents adoptive parents adopted children followed 3 months postpartum child age 7 years additional 200 linked sets recruitment underway egds brings together study genotypeenvironment correlation genotype environment g e interaction inform intervention development examining mechanisms whereby family processes mediate moderate expression genetic influences participants egds recruited domestic adoption agencies located throughout united states america assessments occur 6month intervals child age 4 years ages 6 7 children 1st 2nd years formal schooling kindergarten first grade data collection includes measures child characteristics birth adoptive parent characteristics adoptive parenting prenatal exposure drugs maternal stress birth parent adopted child salivary cortisol reactivity dna participants preliminary analyses suggest evidence gxe interaction beginning infancy intervention perspective future developments field behavioral genetics described