Studies that have examined the association between parenting behaviors and childhood
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have yielded mixed findings. To clarify the role of …

The current study evaluated connections between marital distress, harsh parenting, and
child externalizing behaviors in line with predictions from the Family Stress Model (FSM) …

This chapter is organized as follows. First is a review and discussion of historical factors that
may affect intergenerational (IG) associations in parenting and how they have been studied …

Background: The differential susceptibly hypothesis suggests that certain genetic variants
moderate the effects of both negative and positive environments on mental health and may …

Objective: The role of negative parenting in the development of callous-unemotional (CU)
traits remains unclear. Both negative parenting and CU traits are influenced by genetic and …

Callous-unemotional (CU) behaviors increase children's risk for subsequent antisocial
behavior. This risk process may begin in early childhood with reciprocal pathways between …

Without doubt, forming attachments, as defined by Bowlby (1982), is a genetic characteristic
of human beings. The most general definition of attachment is one that considers it to be an …

Background: Bullying is a risk factor for developing psychotic experiences (PEs). Whether
bullying is associated with particular PEs, and the extent to which genes and environments …

Emerging research suggests that normative variation in parenting quality relates to
children's brain development. However, although the young brain is presumed to be …

Inconsistent parental discipline is a robust correlate of child attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) symptoms, but few studies have considered the role of inconsistent positive …