Family environment and adult resilience: Contributions of positive parenting and the oxytocin receptor gene

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Abundant research shows that childhood adversity increases the risk for adult psychopathology while research on influences of positive family environment on risk for psychopathology is limited. Similarly, a growing body of research examines genetic and gene by environment predictors of psychopathology, yet such research on predictors of resilience is sparse.

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Bradley, B., Davis, T. A., Wingo, A. P., Mercer, K. B., & Ressler, K. J. (2013). Family environment and adult resilience: Contributions of positive parenting and the oxytocin receptor gene. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 4, 1–9. doi:10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.21659