Parental bonding and adult psychopathology: results from the US National Comorbidity Survey

Research using the parental bonding instrument (PBI) has suggested that lack of parental care and/or overprotection may be important risk factors for adult mental disorders. Much of this research, however, has relied on clinical populations with one or two disorders, or has used highly select community samples.The association between parenting experiences and the occurrence of 13 common mental disorders in adulthood was evaluated in the US...