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Estimating genetic and environmental influences on depressive symptoms in adolescence: differing effects on higher and lower levels of symptoms.
Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53 - 1 Jun 2006
Rende Richard, Slomkowski Cheryl, Lloyd-Richardson Elizabeth, Stroud Laura, Niaura Raymond
Abstract excerpt
We estimate the relative effect sizes of genetic and environmental influences on both higher and lower levels of depressive symptoms with attention to persistence over a 1-year period in the genetically informative subsample of adolescents participating in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Shared environmental effects were significant for persistent higher levels of depressive...
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