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Fred Lorenz and K.A.S. Wickrama find the effect of family depression on teens and young adults.

After ten years of studying almost 500 families in eight Iowa counties, The Iowa Youth and Families Project headed by Doctors Wickrama and Lorenz determined that young adults from low socioeconomic backgrounds are particularly vulnerable to slipping into bad decisions and experiencing negative life events.

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