Parenting Plays Key Role in Infant's Response to Stress

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"Our findings provide further support for the notion that the development of complex behavioral and physiological responses is not the result of nature or nurture, but rather a combination of the two," study lead author Cathi Propper, a research scientist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said in a news release issued by the journal's publisher. "They also illustrate the importance of parenting not just for the development of children's behavior, but for the underlying physiological mechanisms that support this behavior.

"Although these processes will continue to change over time, parenting can have important positive effects even when children have inherited a genetic vulnerability to problematic behaviors."

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The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health has more about child and adolescent mental health.

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