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Peer reviewedRowe, David C. – Population Research and Policy Review, 1995
Describes biological influences on criminality. Illustrative data suggest a biological sex difference in criminality and heritable differences in this trait among individuals. Methods of isolating environmental influences are described. Author notes that using environment-friendly behavior genetic research designs is not only proper but would…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Crime, Criminology, Genetics
Peer reviewedvan den Oord, Edwin J. C. G.; Rowe, David C. – Intelligence, 1998
Whether genetic and environmental effects on academic achievement changed as a function of the quality of children's environment was studied with 1664 pairs of full siblings, 366 pairs of half siblings, and 752 pairs of cousins. Little evidence was found of genotype-environment interactions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family Environment, Genetics, Interaction
Peer reviewedRowe, David C.; Jacobson, Kristen C.; Van den Oord, Edwin J. C. G. – Child Development, 1999
Used data from sibling pairs from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to examine how parental education moderated the genetic and environmental contributions to variation in verbal IQ. Found that the variance estimate for heritability was greater than that for shared environment for the whole sample. Both estimates were moderated…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Youth, Educational Attainment, Intelligence Quotient
Rowe, David C. – 1980
Determinants of Schaefer's (1965) three dimensions of perceived parenting (Acceptance vs. Rejection, Psychological Control vs. Psychological Autonomy, and Firm vs. Lax Control) were investigated by administering a shortened Children's Reports of Parental Behavior Inventory to adolescent twins. The sample consisted of 46 pairs of identical twins…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Childhood Attitudes, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedJacobson, Kristen C.; Rowe, David C. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Investigated genetic and environmental contributions to relationship between family and school environment and depressed mood; also potential sex differences in genetic and environment contributions to variation in and covariation between family connectedness, school connectedness, and depressed mood. Subjects were 2,302 adolescent sibling pairs.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Educational Environment, Family Environment
Peer reviewedRodgers, Joseph Lee; Rowe, David C. – Intelligence, 1987
IQ scores from five kinship categories of 7- to 12-year-olds were analyzed into genetic and environmental components. The common environmental effects were larger for older children than younger children. Overall, the Genetic and Common Environment Sources each accounted for approximately 40% of the IQ variability in the data. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Family Environment, Genetics
Peer reviewedRowe, David C.; Osgood, D. Wayne – American Sociological Review, 1984
To demonstrate the value of behavioral genetic analysis for developing social theory, the origins of delinquent behavior were studied in 265 pairs of twins. Results show that causal sequences leading to delinquency are traceable to individual differences in genes. These findings, however, do not make sociological research irrelevant. (KH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Delinquency Causes, Genetics, Heredity
Peer reviewedLosoya, 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
Peer reviewedCleveland, 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
