Article
Children's inferential styles, 5-HTTLPR genotype, and maternal expressed emotion-criticism: An integrated model for the intergenerational transmission of depression.
Journal of abnormal psychology - 1 Nov 2009
Gibb Brandon E, Uhrlass Dorothy J, Grassia Marie, Benas Jessica S, McGeary John
Abstract excerpt
The authors tested a model for the intergenerational transmission of depression integrating specific genetic (5-HTTLPR), cognitive (inferential style), and environmental (mother depressive symptoms and expressed-emotion criticism [EE-Crit]) risk factors. Supporting the hypothesis that maternal depression is associated with elevated levels of stress in children's lives, mothers with a history of major depressive...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
