The role of social factors in affective disorder: an assessment of the vulnerability model of Brown and his colleagues
Psychological MedicinePublished 1 February 1982
Zahava Solomon, Evelyn J. Bromet
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Synopsis The present study attempted to confirm the vulnerability model proposed by Brown and his colleagues, using data from a survey of 435 mothers from two semi-rural regions of Pennsylvania. The results were not consistent with the earlier findings. Methodological and conceptual issues were discussed to explain the differences in results.
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