Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a complex psychiatric disease requiring
multidisciplinary approaches to identify specific risk factors and establish more efficacious …

The study of basic psychological needs has witnessed a strong revival, in part spurred by
Basic Psychological Need Theory (BPNT), one of the six mini-theories within Self …

Background College freshmen tend to have more psychological and behavioral problems
compared with other populations, especially depressive symptoms. Perceived parental …

Background Multiple studies of depression indicated a significant role of gene-by-
environment interactions; however, they are mainly limited to the examination of modulating …

Abstract Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTRs) are tandem repeat (TR) loci that vary
in copy number across a population. Using our program, VNTRseek, we analyzed human …

Ample evidence suggested that parental responsiveness, demandingness, and autonomy
granting protect adolescents from depressive symptoms. However, what is less well …

Background Most gene‐environment interaction studies (G× E) have focused on single
candidate genes. This approach is criticized for its expectations of large effect sizes and …

Behavioral genetics studies and new empirical evidence suggest that depression cannot
simply be explained by the influence of single genes but that gene–gene–environment …

Background The importance of multiple genes-environment interaction (G× E) has been
highlighted in studies on depressive symptoms. 5-HTTLPR and BDNF Val66Met …

This overview paper summarizes the results of studies that were conducted in the framework
of two interdisciplinary, longitudinal projects of which Luc Goossens was a principal …