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Lewis, Gary J.; Asbury, Kathryn; Plomin, Robert – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017
Background: Childhood behavior problems predict subsequent educational achievement; however, little research has examined the etiology of these links using a longitudinal twin design. Moreover, it is unknown whether genetic and environmental innovations provide incremental prediction for educational achievement from childhood to adolescence.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Academic Achievement, Prediction, Peer Relationship
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Oliver, Bonamy R.; Trzaskowski, Maciej; Plomin, Robert – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Reviews of behavioral genetic studies note that "control" aspects of parenting yield low estimates of heritability, while "affective" aspects (parental feelings) yield moderate estimates. Research to date has not specifically considered whether positive and negative aspects of parenting--for both feelings and control--may…
Descriptors: Genetics, Child Rearing, Twins, Children
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Trzaskowski, Maciej; Zavos, Helena M. S.; Haworth, Claire M. A.; Plomin, Robert; Eley, Thalia C. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2012
We examined the aetiology of anxiety symptoms in an unselected population at ages 7 and 9, a period during which anxiety disorders first begin to develop (mean age at onset is 11 years). Specifically, the aim of the study was to investigate genetic and environmental continuity and change in components of anxiety in middle childhood. Parents of…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Twins, Children, Genetics
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Willerman, Lee; Plomin, Robert – Child Development, 1973
Activity-level and childrearing questionnaires were administered to parents of 43 nursery school children. Results were interpreted as consistent with a heritable component to activity level. (ST)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Heredity, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship