Transmission of symptoms of anxiety and depression in nuclear families.

doi:10.1016/0165-0327(91)90058-z

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Transmission of symptoms of anxiety and depression in nuclear families.

Journal of affective disorders - 1 Feb 1991

Tambs K

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Anxiety and depression symptom scores from the SCL-90 questionnaire were observed in a large sample of nuclear families, and the effects of genes or family environment were estimated. Assuming no environmental transmission from parents to offspring, heritability was estimated at 0.43 for both anx...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Alcohol Drinking
Anxiety
Birth Intervals
Birth Order
Depression
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Genetic
Norway
Nuclear Family
Personality Tests
Phenotype
Social Environment

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