Examining the role of passive gene-environment correlation in childhood depression using a novel genetically sensitive design

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-50

  Rice, Frances ^a   Lewis, Gemma ^b   Harold, Gordon T ^c   Thapar, Anita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84873912945     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579412000880     Document Type: Article

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