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Chunk #35 — RESULTS — Demographic Characteristics of Participants — Perceived advantages/benefits of genetic research

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An exploration of attitudes among black Americans towards psychiatric genetic research.
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Certain group participants highlighted the idea that some of the purported benefits of genetic research could also be drawbacks, depending on how they were contextualized. “If someone has been convicted of violence or is prone to violence, sexual aggression or whatever, it would give you a chance to look for that in an offspring or the next generation of violent behavior. It would give you a warning sign.”