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Peer reviewedO'Connor, Thomas G.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Fulker, David; Rutter, Michael; Polmin, Robert – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Used longitudinal study with adopted children to examine genotype-environment correlations for behavioral problems. Found that children genetically at risk for antisocial behavior were more likely to receive negative parenting from adoptive parents than children not genetically at risk. Most of the association between negative parenting and…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoptive Parents, Antisocial Behavior, At Risk Persons
