Multivariate Analysis of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Parenting in Adolescence

被引:6
作者
Patterson, Megan W. [1 ]
Cheung, Amanda K. [1 ]
Mann, Frank D. [1 ]
Tucker-Drob, Elliot M. [1 ,2 ]
Harden, K. Paige [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Psychol, 108 East Dean Keeton Stop A8000, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[2] Univ Texas Austin, Populat Res Ctr, Austin, TX 78712 USA
关键词
behavioral genetics; twin study; parenting; gene-environment correlation; parent-child transactions; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTROL; BEHAVIOR; TWIN; ASSOCIATIONS; ANTECEDENTS; DIMENSIONS; ADJUSTMENT; CHILDREN; ETIOLOGY; NURTURE;
D O I
10.1037/fam0000298
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Adolescents whose parents are affectionate, maintain consistent rules, and are knowledgeable about their whereabouts tend to exhibit more adaptive levels of psychological functioning across multiple domains. Behavioral genetic research has documented the sensitivity of parenting to genetically influenced child characteristics and behaviors. Yet, the question of whether the correlations between parenting behaviors are driven by overlapping parent effects, overlapping child effects, or some combination of the two remains open. In a sample of N = 542 twins, ages 13.6 to 20.1 years, from the Texas Twin Project, we evaluated the extent to which adolescents' genetically influenced traits broadly affect multiple dimensions of parenting (maternal and paternal warmth and control, and parental monitoring). We found that shared environmental factors primarily accounted for the covariation among parental warmth, control, and monitoring. Child-driven genetic effects were primarily detected in parenting variance unique to fathers. These results indicate that adolescents' family-wide environmental contexts are general across multiple domains of parenting, whereas genetically influenced adolescent-driven effects are specific to particular aspects of parenting and to particular relationships.
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页数:10
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