A Genetically Informed Study of the Intergenerational Transmission of Marital Instability

Autor/inn/en	D'Onofrio, Brian M.; Turkheimer, Eric; Emery, Robert E.; Harden, K. Paige; Slutske, Wendy S.; Heath, Andrew C.; Madden, Pamela A. F.; Martin, Nicholas G.
Titel	A Genetically Informed Study of the Intergenerational Transmission of Marital Instability
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 69 (2007) 3, S.793-809 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00406.x
Schlagwörter	Marital Instability; Genetics; Divorce; Twins; Parents; Children; Young Adults; Nature Nurture Controversy; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familienkonflikt; Humangenetik; Ehescheidung; Twin; Zwilling; Eltern; Child; Kind; Kinder; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Umweltdebatte; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Environmental or genetic influences, or both could account for the increased risk of divorce among the offspring of separated parents. Previous studies have used covariates to statistically control for confounds, but the present research is the first genetically informed study of the topic. The investigation used the Children of Twins Design with twins, their spouses, and their young adult offspring (n = 2,310) from the Australian Twin Registry to test whether selection on the basis of genetic or shared environment factors accounted for part of the intergenerational association. The analyses also controlled for measured characteristics of both parents. The results suggest that both environmentally mediated and genetic risk account for the intergenerational transmission, supporting the roles of both selection and causation. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10