| Literature DB >> 10051335 |
A C Heath1, L J Eaves, N G Martin.
Abstract
Depression scores (DSSI) were available for 1232 MZ and 751 DZ female twin pairs who completed a mailed questionnaire. Pairs were divided into those concordant for being in a marriage-like state, concordant for having no partners, and those discordant. The pattern of twin correlations differed according to marital status. Our results suggest that having a marriage-like relationship acts as a protective factor in reducing the impact of inherited liability to symptoms of depression in the general population.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 10051335 DOI: 10.1375/136905298320566249
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Twin Res ISSN: 1369-0523