Similar to previous research with this population (e.g., Jaser et al. 2005), bivariate correlational analyses indicated youth stress associated with parental depression was associated with higher symptoms of both anxiety and depression. Contrary to our hypothesis, youth stress associated with parental depression demonstrated specificity to symptoms of depression but not anxiety in linear regression analyses. However, in a third more stringent test of specificity, there were no differences between the part correlations of symptoms of depression or anxiety and stress associated with parental depression. Previous research supports stress as a non-specific correlate of psychopathology across the lifespan (Hammen 2005; McMahon et al. 2004; Monroe and Reid 2009). However, the current study examined stress specific to living with a depressed parent, rather than general life stress. Given substantial research to support specific biological and cognitive risk factors for depression, these risk factors may predispose youth to be uniquely vulnerable to the type of stress created by parental depression (e.g., Conway et al. 2014; Hankin et al. 2004, 2012; Vrshek-Schallhorn et al. 2013). These findings suggest that examining more distinct types of
