Caretaking Behaviors and Stress Reactivity in Adolescents of Depressed Parents
Hudson, Kelsey
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2011-05-02
Abstract
The mechanisms of stress responses “fight or flight” and “tend and befriend” were used to define the stress response to parental depression. In a sample of 180 families of parents with a history of major depressive disorder, observed and reported caretaking behaviors and levels of stress-reactivity were examined. The association of children’s emotional and instrumental caretaking behaviors with levels of physiological and emotional stress response will be identified.