Publications

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2014-10-01; 22.10: 997-1006.e5.

Candidate SNP associations of optimism and resilience in older adults: exploratory study of 935 community-dwelling adults

Rana BK, Darst BF, Bloss C, Shih PA, Depp C, Nievergelt CM, Allison M, Parsons JK, Schork N, Jeste DV

PMID: 24791650

Abstract

Optimism and resilience promote health and well-being in older adults, and previous reports suggest that these traits are heritable. We examined the association of selected single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with optimism and resilience in older adults.

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