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Behavior Problems among Children from Different Family Structures: The Influence of Genetic Self-Selection.
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Cleveland, 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
Continuity and Change in Children's Social Maladjustment: A Developmental Behavior Genetic Study.
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van den Oord, Edwin J. C. G.; Rowe, David C. – Developmental Psychology, 1997
For pairs of full siblings, half-siblings, and cousins, analyzed maternal ratings of children's behavior problems at three times between ages 4 and 10. Found that nonshared environmental influences were substantial at each age but did not contribute to continuities in children's problem behaviors. Results favor a liability model that relates…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Developmental Continuity, Family Relationship
Academic Achievement in Blacks and Whites: Are the Developmental Processes Similar?
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Rowe, David C.; Cleveland, Hobart H. – Intelligence, 1996
Genetic and environmental influences on academic achievement were studied for 314 pairs of white full siblings and 53 pairs of half siblings and 161 pairs of black full siblings and 106 half-sibling pairs (National Longitudinal Survey of Youth). Results support a common heritage view of the growth of academic knowledge. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Child Development, Environmental Influences
An Examination of Genotype-Environment Interactions for Academic Achievement in an U.S. National Longitudinal Survey.
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van 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
Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Relationships between Family Connectedness, School Connectedness, and Adolescent Depressed Mood: Sex Differences.
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Jacobson, 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
IQ Similarity in Twins, Siblings, Half-Siblings, Cousins, and Random Pairs.
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Rodgers, 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