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- Title
Current Parental Depression and Offspring Perceived Self-Competence: A Quasi-Experimental Examination.
- Authors
Class, Quetzal; D'Onofrio, Brian; Singh, Amber; Ganiban, Jody; Spotts, E.; Lichtenstein, Paul; Reiss, David; Neiderhiser, Jenae
- Abstract
A genetically-informed, quasi-experimental design was used to examine the genetic and environmental processes underlying associations between current parental depressive symptoms and offspring perceived self-competence. Participants, drawn from a population-based Swedish sample, were 852 twin pairs and their male (52 %) and female offspring aged 15.7 ± 2.4 years. Parental depressive symptoms were measured using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale. Offspring perceived self-competence was measured using a modified Harter Perceived Competence Scale. Cousin comparisons and Children of Twins designs suggested that associations between maternal depressive symptoms and offspring perceived self-competence were due to shared genetic/environmental liability. The mechanism responsible for father-offspring associations, however, was independent of genetic factors and of extended family environmental factors, supporting a causal inference. Thus, mothers and fathers may impact offspring perceived self-competence via different mechanisms and unmeasured genetic and environmental selection factors must be considered when studying the intergenerational transmission of cognitive vulnerabilities for depression.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; PARENT-child relationships &; psychology; MENTAL depression; PERFORMANCE in children; GENOTYPE-environment interaction; EXPERIMENTAL design
- Publication
Behavior Genetics, 2012, Vol 42, Issue 5, p787
- ISSN
0001-8244
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10519-012-9550-1