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

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 734-745

  Gibb, Brandon E ^a   Uhrlass, Dorothy J ^a   Grassia, Marie ^a   Benas, Jessica S ^a   McGeary, John ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; attributional style; cognitive vulnerability; depression; expressed emotion

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 72049107178     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016765     Document Type: Article

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