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Parental ‘affectionless control’ as an antecedent to adult depression: a risk factor refined

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Andrew Mackinnon ,
A. S. Henderson  and
Gavin Andrews
Andrew Mackinnon*
Affiliation:
NH&MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Australian National University, Canberra; Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety Disorders, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
A. S. Henderson
Affiliation:
NH&MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Australian National University, Canberra; Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety Disorders, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Gavin Andrews
Affiliation:
NH&MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Australian National University, Canberra; Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety Disorders, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr A. Mackinnon, Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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Synopsis

It has been well established that individuals with a history of depression report their parents as being less caring and more overprotective of them than do controls. ‘Affectionless control’ in childhood has thus been proposed as a risk factor for depression. Evidence is presented from a logistic regression analysis of data from a volunteer community sample that lack of care rather than over-protection is the primary risk factor. No evidence for an interaction effect of low care and over-protection was found.

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Original Articles
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 1993 , pp. 135 - 141
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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