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THE INFLUENCE OF CHILDHOOD DISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALCOHOLISM AND DEPRESSION
Author(s) -
Holmes S. J.,
Robins L. N.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1987.tb01762.x
Subject(s) - psychology , depression (economics) , developmental psychology , childhood development , discipline , psychiatry , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , economics , macroeconomics , social science , sociology
— In this case‐control study, respondents from the general population with a lifetime diagnosis of major depressive disorder, alcohol abuse and/or dependence, or the absence of any psychiatric disorder ascertained by the St. Louis Epidemiological Catchment Area Study were reinterviewed about their early home environments during the period when they were 6 to 13 years of age. Two discipline scales were developed through factor analysis, and logistic regression was used to build a model using all the predictors. Unfair, inconsistent and harsh discipline by parents predicted both alcohol and depressive disorders independently of the influence of parental psychiatric history, the respondent's sex, and childhood behavior problems.