Researchers Have Often Failed to Find a Relationship Between Childhood

question 70

Multiple Choice

Researchers have often failed to find a relationship between childhood loss and depression during adult life. This failure can be attributed to

• A) reliance on retrospective research designs.
• B) the resilience of children.
• C) the tendency of adults to minimize early losses.
• D) the failure to use representative samples.

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