Article
Interaction of genetic risk and adoptive parent communication deviance: longitudinal prediction of adoptee psychiatric disorders.
Psychological medicine - 1 Nov 2004
Wahlberg Karl-Erik, Wynne Lyman C, Hakko Helinä, Läksy Kristian, Moring Juha, Miettunen Jouko, Tienari Pekka
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In the Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia, adoptee thinking disorders have been shown to be a joint effect of genetic liability for schizophrenia spectrum disorders and adoptive rearing-parent communication patterns. However, longitudinal predictions of clinical psychiatric disorders of the adoptees have not been reported. METHOD: Adoptees (n = 109) who had no DSM-III-R disorder at initial...
Topics
- Adoption
- Adult
- Child
- Communication
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Longitudinal Studies
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Parent-Child Relations