Marital Conflict and Conduct Problems in Children of Twins

Autor/inn/en	Harden, K. Paige; Turkheimer, Eric; Emery, Robert E.; D'Onofrio, Brian M.; Slutske, Wendy S.; Heath, Andrew C.; Martin, Nicholas G.
Titel	Marital Conflict and Conduct Problems in Children of Twins
Quelle	In: Child Development, 78 (2007) 1, S.1-18 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.00982.x
Schlagwörter	Environmental Influences; Twins; Child Behavior; Conflict; Children; Behavior Disorders; Marital Instability; Correlation; Genetics; Family Environment; At Risk Persons + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Twin; Zwilling; Konflikt; Child; Kind; Kinder; Familienkonflikt; Korrelation; Humangenetik; Familienmilieu; Risikogruppe
Abstract	The Children-of-Twins design was used to test whether associations between marital conflict frequency and conduct problems can be replicated within the children of discordant twin pairs. A sample of 2,051 children (age 14-39 years) of 1,045 twins was used to estimate the genetic and environmental influences on marital conflict and determine whether genetic or environmental selection processes underlie the observed association between marital conflict and conduct problems. Results indicate that genetic and nonshared environmental factors influence the risk of marital conflict. Furthermore, genetic influences mediated the association between marital conflict frequency and conduct problems. These results highlight the need for quasiexperimental designs in investigations of intergenerational associations. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10