Article
Anxiety in the family: a genetically informed analysis of transactional associations between mother, father and child anxiety symptoms.
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 Dec 2019
Ahmadzadeh Yasmin I, Eley Thalia C, Leve Leslie D, Shaw Daniel S, Natsuaki Misaki N, Reiss David, Neiderhiser Jenae M, McAdams Tom A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Anxiety in parents is associated with anxiety in offspring, although little is known about the mechanisms underpinning these intergenerational associations. We conducted the first genetically sensitive study to simultaneously examine the effects of mother, father and child anxiety symptoms on each other over time. METHOD: Adoptive parent and child symptoms were measured at child ages 6, 7 and 8 years...
Topics
- Adult
- Anxiety
- Child
- Child of Impaired Parents
- Child, Adopted
- Fathers
- Female
- Gene-Environment Interaction
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Longitudinal Studies
- Male
- Mothers