... positive effect will be passed down through the family line. Mechanisms of Intergenerational Transmission of Vulnerability Such phenomena lie at the intersection of neuroscience and what psychologists refer to as generational psychology — the influence ... ... mother’s depression and hears negative or hopeless remarks in the family internalizes these models. Growing up in such an atmosphere, she adopts a pessimistic view of the world and ineffective ways of coping with difficulties — increasing the risk ...