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Peer reviewedAsbury, Kathryn; Dunn, Judith F.; Pike, Alison; Plomin, Robert – Child Development, 2003
Examined nonshared environmental (NSE) influences on twin preschoolers' behavior independent of genetics. Found that within-pair parenting differences correlated with monozygotic differences in behavior. For the extreme 10 percent of the parenting-discordant and behavior-discordant distributions, average NSE effect size was 11 percent, suggesting…
Descriptors: Anxiety, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Depression (Psychology)
Peer reviewedNeiderhiser, Jenae M.; Reiss, David; Plomin, Robert; Hetherington, E. Mavis – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Examined the genetic and environmental contributions to the predictive association between parenting and adolescent adjustment in identical and fraternal twins, and full, half, and genetically unrelated siblings in nondivorced and stepfamilies. Found that cross-lagged associations between parental conflict-negativity and adolescent antisocial…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development
Direct linkHarlaar, Nicole; Butcher, Lee M.; Meaburn, Emma; Sham, Pak; Craig, Ian W.; Plomin, Robert – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Five DNA markers (single-nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs) have recently been found to be associated with general cognitive ability "g") in a sample of 7414 7-year-old twins. These children have also been studied at 2, 3, 4, and 7 years of age on measures of cognitive and language development and behaviour problems; family environment…
Descriptors: Discipline, Effect Size, Family Environment, Nonverbal Ability
