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The Depression-prone and the Depression-resistant Sibling: A Follow-up Note on Marital State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Hanus J. Grosz*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Neurology and Psychiatry Service Veterans Administration Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana

Extract

In another paper (Grosz, 1968) I reported that among 267 depressive patients from three sibling families admitted to the Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, London, the middle born were significantly (p·001) over-represented and the youngest born under-represented among patients with two differently sexed siblings. There was no significant birth order effect among depressive patients with two same-sexed sibs (i.e. with either two brothers or two sisters).

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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References

Grosz, H. J. (1968). “The depression-prone and the depression-resistant sibling: a study of 650 three-sibling families.” Brit. J. Psychiat., 114, 15551558.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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