Parental representations and affective symptoms: examination for an hereditary link.

Publisher: British Psychological Society Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0370640 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0007-1129 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00071129 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Br J Med Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Letchworth Eng : British Psychological Society
Original Publication: London [etc.]

Maternal Behavior* ; Paternal Behavior*; Anxiety/*psychology ; Depression/*psychology; Adolescent ; Adoption ; Adult ; Affective Symptoms/genetics ; Affective Symptoms/psychology ; Anxiety/genetics ; Child Care ; Depression/genetics ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged

Parental characteristics of low care and overprotection have been linked with several grades of depression and anxiety in studies of clinical and non-clinical groups. The possibility that such associations could be spurious ones, brought about by an hereditary influence, was examined in a non-clinical group of adoptees (n = 109). If an hereditary influence accounted for previous findings no associations between such parental characteristics and higher levels of trait depression and anxiety would be expected. Instead associations were found to be as strong as those in the earlier studies, providing further indirect support for the possibility of a causal process linking such parental representations with the expression of certain affective disturbances in adulthood.

Date Created: 19820301 Date Completed: 19820527 Latest Revision: 20190913

20240627

10.1111/j.2044-8341.1982.tb01482.x

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