Great Recession onset spurs harsh parenting, researchers find - full text (UPDATED w/ 4 min podcast)

"The onset of the Great Recession and, more generally, deteriorating economic conditions lead mothers to engage in harsh parenting, such as hitting or shouting at children, a team of researchers has found. But the effect is only found in mothers who carry a gene variation that makes them more likely to react to their environment...."

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-08-great-recession-onset-spurs-harsh.html

Lee, et al. (2013). "Understanding metropolitan patterns of daily encounters." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Full text.

NPR Podcast (4 min): Harsh In Hard Times? A Gene May Influence Mom's Behavior 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/08/05/209243203/harsh-in-hard-times-a-gene-may-influence-moms-behavior

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