Guang Guo

Summary

Affiliation: University of North Carolina
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The mechanisms mediating the effects of poverty on children's intellectual development
    G Guo
    Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599, USA
    Demography 37:431-47. 2000
  2. ncbi The dopamine transporter gene, a spectrum of most common risky behaviors, and the legal status of the behaviors
    Guang Guo
    Department of Sociology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 5:e9352. 2010
  3. ncbi Gene by social context interactions for number of sexual partners among white male youths: genetics-informed sociology
    Guang Guo
    Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 3210, USA
    AJS 114:S36-66. 2008
  4. ncbi Trajectories of depressive symptoms, dopamine D2 and D4 receptors, family socioeconomic status and social support in adolescence and young adulthood
    Guang Guo
    Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
    Psychiatr Genet 19:14-26. 2009
  5. ncbi The VNTR 2 repeat in MAOA and delinquent behavior in adolescence and young adulthood: associations and MAOA promoter activity
    Guang Guo
    Department of Sociology, Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3210, USA
    Eur J Hum Genet 16:626-34. 2008
  6. ncbi Body mass, DRD4, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and family socioeconomic status: the add health study
    Guang Guo
    Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3210, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1199-206. 2007
  7. ncbi Gene-lifecourse interaction for alcohol consumption in adolescence and young adulthood: five monoamine genes
    Guang Guo
    Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 3210, USA
    Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 144:417-23. 2007
  8. ncbi Dopamine transporter, gender, and number of sexual partners among young adults
    Guang Guo
    Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3210, USA
    Eur J Hum Genet 15:279-87. 2007
  9. ncbi Age at first sexual intercourse, genes, and social context: evidence from twins and the dopamine D4 receptor gene
    Guang Guo
    Department of Sociology and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599 3210, USA
    Demography 43:747-69. 2006
  10. ncbi Contributions of the DAT1 and DRD2 genes to serious and violent delinquency among adolescents and young adults
    Guang Guo
    Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3210, USA
    Hum Genet 121:125-36. 2007

Research Grants

  1. Social and Demographic Context and Heritability
    Guang Guo; Fiscal Year: 2003
  2. Age at First Sex, Genes, Religion, and Other Social and Demographic Context
    Guang Guo; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications20

  1. ncbi The mechanisms mediating the effects of poverty on children's intellectual development
    G Guo
    Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599, USA
    Demography 37:431-47. 2000
    ....
  2. ncbi The dopamine transporter gene, a spectrum of most common risky behaviors, and the legal status of the behaviors
    Guang Guo
    Department of Sociology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 5:e9352. 2010
    ..These comparisons indicate that the protective effect of DAT1*9R/9R cannot be explained away by these background characteristics. Our work demonstrates how legal/social contexts can enhance or reduce a genetic effect on risky behaviors...
  3. ncbi Gene by social context interactions for number of sexual partners among white male youths: genetics-informed sociology
    Guang Guo
    Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 3210, USA
    AJS 114:S36-66. 2008
    ....
  4. ncbi Trajectories of depressive symptoms, dopamine D2 and D4 receptors, family socioeconomic status and social support in adolescence and young adulthood
    Guang Guo
    Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
    Psychiatr Genet 19:14-26. 2009
    ..Second, we reestimated the association between the dopamine receptors and depression after taking into account the effects of socioeconomic disparity and child-parent ties and social support...
  5. ncbi The VNTR 2 repeat in MAOA and delinquent behavior in adolescence and young adulthood: associations and MAOA promoter activity
    Guang Guo
    Department of Sociology, Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3210, USA
    Eur J Hum Genet 16:626-34. 2008
    ..The results for women are similar, but weaker. In the functional analysis, the 2 repeat exhibits much lower levels of promoter activity than the 3 or 4 repeat...
  6. ncbi Body mass, DRD4, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and family socioeconomic status: the add health study
    Guang Guo
    Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3210, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1199-206. 2007
    ..To investigate the joint role of the 48-base pair repeat polymorphism of the dopamine receptor 4 gene (DRD4) and environmental factors in body mass variation among an ethnically diverse sample of U.S. adolescents and young adults...
  7. ncbi Gene-lifecourse interaction for alcohol consumption in adolescence and young adulthood: five monoamine genes
    Guang Guo
    Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 3210, USA
    Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 144:417-23. 2007
    ..This analysis has demonstrated the potential usefulness of the life course perspective in genetic studies of human behaviors such as alcohol consumption...
  8. ncbi Dopamine transporter, gender, and number of sexual partners among young adults
    Guang Guo
    Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3210, USA
    Eur J Hum Genet 15:279-87. 2007
    ..Discussion is provided why this finding is absent among females...
  9. ncbi Age at first sexual intercourse, genes, and social context: evidence from twins and the dopamine D4 receptor gene
    Guang Guo
    Department of Sociology and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599 3210, USA
    Demography 43:747-69. 2006
    ..Evidence from both twin and genetic-variant analyses points to a role of genes in the timing of first sexual intercourse...
  10. ncbi Contributions of the DAT1 and DRD2 genes to serious and violent delinquency among adolescents and young adults
    Guang Guo
    Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3210, USA
    Hum Genet 121:125-36. 2007
    ..These results only apply to males. Neither variant is associated with delinquency among females...
  11. ncbi Genetic similarity shared by best friends among adolescents
    Guang Guo
    Carolina Population Center and Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 3210, USA
    Twin Res Hum Genet 9:113-21. 2006
    ..Our hypothesis is supported in analyses among same-sex friends (not among different-sex friends) for GPA, aggressive behavior, and AHPVT...
  12. ncbi DRD4 gene variant associated with body mass: the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
    Guang Guo
    Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 3210, USA
    Hum Mutat 27:236-41. 2006
    ..7 genotype was associated with a lower BMI-percentile score in white individuals compared to other genotypes, the difference was not significant. Individuals heterozygous for D4.7 did not differ from those with the other/other genotype...
  13. ncbi Sexy media matter: exposure to sexual content in music, movies, television, and magazines predicts black and white adolescents' sexual behavior
    Jane D Brown
    School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3365, USA
    Pediatrics 117:1018-27. 2006
    ..To assess over time whether exposure to sexual content in 4 mass media (television, movies, music, and magazines) used by early adolescents predicts sexual behavior in middle adolescence...
  14. ncbi Genetic epidemiology of BMI and body mass change from adolescence to young adulthood
    Kari E North
    Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1474-6. 2010
    ..61 +/- 0.03) and young adulthood (rho(G) = 0.23 +/- 0.06). Our findings support a complex etiology of BMI and BMI change...
  15. ncbi The mixed or multilevel model for behavior genetic analysis
    Guang Guo
    Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599, USA
    Behav Genet 32:37-49. 2002
    ..We compare results from the mixed or multilevel model, Pearson's correlation analysis, and the structural equation model...
  16. ncbi Gene-environment contributions to young adult sexual partnering
    Carolyn T Halpern
    Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 8120, 27599 7445, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7445, USA
    Arch Sex Behav 36:543-54. 2007
    ..These findings underscore the necessity of using more comprehensive multiple gene-multiple life experience approaches to investigations of complex behaviors such as sexual patterns...
  17. ncbi Trends in body mass index in adolescence and young adulthood in the United States: 1959-2002
    HEDWIG LEE
    Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
    J Adolesc Health 49:601-8. 2011
    ....
  18. ncbi Genetic contribution to suicidal behaviors and associated risk factors among adolescents in the U.S
    Hyunsan Cho
    Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 1516 E Franklin Street, Suite 200, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
    Prev Sci 7:303-11. 2006
    ..Future research examining potential interactions between expression of genetic influence and particular environmental contexts may enhance prevention and intervention efforts...
  19. ncbi The influence of three genes on whether adolescents use contraception, USA 1994-2002
    Jonathan Daw
    Carolina Population Center, UNC Chapel Hill, 123 W Franklin St, Room 202 B, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 2524, USA
    Popul Stud (Camb) 65:253-71. 2011
    ....
  20. ncbi Influences of socio-demographic and social context risk factors on labor force aged mortality from communicable disease
    Warangkana Polprasert
    School of Health Science, Sukothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand
    J Med Assoc Thai 89:854-63. 2006
    ..Study the influences of socio-demographic and social context risk factors on labor force aged mortality from communicable disease...

Research Grants2

  1. Social and Demographic Context and Heritability
    Guang Guo; Fiscal Year: 2003
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  2. Age at First Sex, Genes, Religion, and Other Social and Demographic Context
    Guang Guo; Fiscal Year: 2007
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