Program helps avoid risky behaviour - even those who may be genetically prone to it
Friday, May 15, 2009 - 02:42
in Psychology & Sociology
Children's behaviour is determined, in part, by their genes and by the settings in which they develop. A new longitudinal study describes how a family-based prevention program helped rural African American teens avoid engaging in risky behaviours, even if some of them may have had a genetic risk to do so...
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