PMID- 24178584 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151116 LR - 20211021 IS - 1573-6695 (Electronic) IS - 1389-4986 (Print) IS - 1389-4986 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 6 DP - 2014 Dec TI - Reducing aggression and impulsivity through school-based prevention programs: a gene by intervention interaction. PG - 831-40 LID - 10.1007/s11121-013-0441-3 [doi] AB - A variety of school-based, universal preventive interventions have been developed to address behavioral and mental health problems. Unfortunately, few have been evaluated within the context of randomized controlled trials with long-term follow-up. Even fewer still have examined the potential genetic factors that may drive differential impact of the intervention. In the present analysis, we examine the extent to which the longitudinal effects of two elementary school-based interventions were moderated by the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene, which has been linked with aggression and impulsive behaviors. The sample included 678 urban, primarily African American children who were randomly assigned along with their teachers to one of three first grade classroom conditions: classroom-centered (CC) intervention, Family School Partnership (FSP), or a control condition. The teacher ratings of the youth's aggressive and impulsive behavior were obtained at baseline and in grades 6-12. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from the BDNF gene were extracted from the genome-wide data. Longitudinal latent trait-state-error models indicated a significant interaction between a particular profile of the BDNF SNP cluster (46 % of sample) and CC intervention on impulsivity (beta = -.27, p < .05). A similar interaction was observed for the BDNF SNP cluster and the CC intervention on aggression (beta = -.14, p < .05). The results suggest that the impacts of preventive interventions in early elementary school on late adolescent outcomes of impulsivity and aggression can be potentially modified by genetic factors, such as BDNF. However, replication of these results is necessary before firm conclusions can be drawn. FAU - Musci, Rashelle J AU - Musci RJ AD - Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Rm. 806, 624 N. Broadway, Hampton House 850t, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA, rmusci@jhsph.edu. FAU - Bradshaw, Catherine P AU - Bradshaw CP FAU - Maher, Brion AU - Maher B FAU - Uhl, George R AU - Uhl GR FAU - Kellam, Sheppard G AU - Kellam SG FAU - Ialongo, Nicholas S AU - Ialongo NS LA - eng GR - T32 MH18834/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA011796/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - MH57005/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - T71MC08054/PHS HHS/United States GR - R01 MH057005/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 DA11796/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 MH018834/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 DA011796/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural PL - United States TA - Prev Sci JT - Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research JID - 100894724 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) SB - IM EIN - Prev Sci. 2014 Dec;15(6):841 MH - Adolescent MH - *Aggression MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*genetics MH - Child MH - *Child Behavior/ethnology MH - Female MH - Health Promotion/*methods MH - Humans MH - *Impulsive Behavior MH - Male MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide MH - Preventive Psychiatry MH - *Risk Reduction Behavior MH - *School Health Services MH - Urban Population PMC - PMC4007396 MID - NIHMS536930 EDAT- 2013/11/02 06:00 MHDA- 2015/11/17 06:00 PMCR- 2015/12/01 CRDT- 2013/11/02 06:00 PHST- 2013/11/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/11/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s11121-013-0441-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Prev Sci. 2014 Dec;15(6):831-40. doi: 10.1007/s11121-013-0441-3.