The Long and the Short of It: Associations Between 5-HTT Genotypes and Coping With Stress

1 September 2007

journal article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Psychosomatic Medicine

Vol. 69 (7) , 614-620
https://doi.org/10.1097/psy.0b013e31814cec64

Abstract

Objective: To examine whether the strategies people use to cope with stress were associated with differing serotonin transporter (5-HTT) genotypes. The short (s) variant of the 5-HTT promoter polymorphism has been associated with an increased likelihood of depression after significant life stress and greater emotional reactivity to fear-invoking stimuli.

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