Environmentally mediated risks for psychopathology: Research strategies and findings
M Rutter - Journal of the American Academy of Child & …, 2005 - Elsevier
M Rutter
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005•ElsevierOBJECTIVE:: To consider the research design requirements needed to provide a rigorous
test of environmental mediation hypotheses and to summarize the main findings from
research using such designs. METHOD:: Selective review of empirical evidence dealing with
psychopathology. RESULTS:: There is robust evidence of environmentally mediated risks for
psychopathology. There are major individual differences in people's responses to risk
experiences. Effects are often dependent on genetic susceptibility (operating through gene …
test of environmental mediation hypotheses and to summarize the main findings from
research using such designs. METHOD:: Selective review of empirical evidence dealing with
psychopathology. RESULTS:: There is robust evidence of environmentally mediated risks for
psychopathology. There are major individual differences in people's responses to risk
experiences. Effects are often dependent on genetic susceptibility (operating through gene …
OBJECTIVE
To consider the research design requirements needed to provide a rigorous test of environmental mediation hypotheses and to summarize the main findings from research using such designs.
METHOD
Selective review of empirical evidence dealing with psychopathology.
RESULTS
There is robust evidence of environmentally mediated risks for psychopathology. There are major individual differences in people's responses to risk experiences. Effects are often dependent on genetic susceptibility (operating through gene-environment interactions).
CONCLUSIONS
Many of the risks deriving from adverse experiences are reliant on nature-nurture interplay, and one of the main research needs concerns the diverse effects of the environment on the organism.
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