A parent who suffers from a mental disorder may also provide a dysfunctional family environment for his or her children. In this case we would describe the genes for the disorder as

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Passive gene-environment correlation refers to the situation where a child inherits genes from their parents, and those genes influence the environment the parents provide. In this case, the mental disorder genes are not causing the environment directly; rather, the parent's genetic predisposition to the disorder may lead to creating a dysfunctional family environment, which the child is passively exposed to.

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