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Origins of Familial Similarity in Parenting: A Study of Twins and Adoptive Siblings.
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Losoya, Sandra H.; Callor, Suzanne; Rowe, David C.; Goldsmith, H. Hill – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Parents who were identical twins, fraternal twins, or adopted siblings completed questionnaires assessing attitudes toward parenting and specific parenting practices, the emotional atmosphere of the home, and parental personality. Model-fitting results implicated modest genetic effects on affect-related aspects of parenting, such as parental…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Children, Family Environment, Family Influence
The Limits of Family Influence: Genes, Experience, and Behavior.
Rowe, David C. – 1994
This book examines socialization science, which is the empirical effort to understand how children acquire traits from their families and cultures. This work proposes that one part of the family influence process--broad differences in family environments, except for those that are neglectful, abusive, or without opportunity--may exert little…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Context Effect, Environmental Influences
Behavior Problems among Children from Different Family Structures: The Influence of Genetic Self-Selection.
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Cleveland, H. Harrington; Wiebe, Richard P.; van den Oord, Edwin J. C. G.; Rowe, David C. – Child Development, 2000
Examined influences on children's behavior problems in households defined by marital status and sibling relatedness. Found that genetic influences accounted for 81 to 94 percent of mean-level difference in behavior problems between two-parent/full sibling, and the mother-only/half sibling groups. Shared environmental influences accounted for 67 to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Comparative Analysis, Environmental Influences