Transgenerational transmission of psychopathology: when are adaptive emotion regulation strategies protective in children?

• Main Authors: Arleta A. Luczejko (Author), Naomi Leona Werkmann (Author), K. Hagelweide (Author), R. Stark (Author), S. Weigelt (Author), H. Christiansen (Author), M. Kieser (Author), K. Otto (Author), C. Reck (Author), R. Steinmayr (Author), L. Wirthwein (Author), A.-L. Zietlow (Author), C. Schwenck (Author), the COMPARE-family research group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Children of parents with a mental illness (COPMI) have multiple psychological and developmental risks, including an increased lifetime risk of developing a mental illness themselves. Emotion regulation (ER) has been identified as a potential underlying mechanism of the transgener...