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Conclusion

As expected parents in the clinical sample, which are parents that brought their child to the outpatient clinic, score higher on the DSM subscales of the ASR. The spouse correlations are also higher than in the NTR sample. This could be due to strong assortative mating in a clinical sample. Another explanation for these higher correlations might be the influence of shared environmental factors, as both parents might experience stress in reaction to the psychopathology displayed in their child.