On 6 Dec 2004, Scott Lilienfeld wrote: > My reading of the human literature is that the research evidence for > gene-environment interaction (in the sense of a statistical interaction, > not gene-environment "transaction," which I suspect most of us now > accept as a truism) is still fairly sparse. <snip>
> In other psychopathological domains (e.g., schizophrenia, alcoholism), > there is strong evidence for genetic and environmental main effects, but > still relatively little for gene-environment interactions Scott: This is interesting, but I'm not sure I understand. Could you elaborate on what you have in mind in referring to the "gene- environment "transaction" " which we probably all accept? Also, in the case of schizophrenia, are you suggesting that in some cases the cause may be genetic and in other cases the cause may be environmental, but that evidence is weak that the cause may be a particular genotype in the presence of a particular stressor? Have any sources to direct us to to read up on this? Stephen ___________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm _______________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
