Beardslee and His Colleagues Examined the Impact of Parental Depression

Beardslee and his colleagues examined the impact of parental depression in a nonclinically referred population by conducting two measurements four years apart. Which of the following risk factors affected the likelihood of a youngster experiencing serious affective disorder in the time between the two assessments?

A) Parental major depressive disorder
B) Parental major depressive disorder and parental nonaffective diagnoses (disorders)
C) Parental major depressive disorder and the number of earlier child diagnoses (disorders)
D) Parental major depressive disorder and parental nonaffective diagnoses (disorders) and the number of earlier child diagnoses (disorders)