Chunk #9 — Materials and methods — Study 1 — Measures

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Differential susceptibility in youth: evidence that 5-HTTLPR x positive parenting is associated with positive affect 'for better and worse'.

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Parents completed the positive parenting subscale of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire.37 The positive parenting scale consists of six items. It is a frequently used, reliable and valid measure of positive parenting.38, 39 Youth completed the positive affect subscale from the Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale for Children,40 which is a frequently used, reliable and valid measure of youths' positive affect levels.41