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Parent versus Child Influences on Differential Parent Warmth and Discipline within Twin Pairs
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Rachel L. Weisbecker; Lisabeth Fisher DiLalla – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Parenting behaviors have long been recognized as crucial to children's healthy development. However, examinations of the etiology of these behaviors are less prevalent. The current study investigated the driving forces behind parental warmth and discipline, particularly whether they are related more to traits within the parent or reactions to…
Descriptors: Twins, Genetics, Parent Child Relationship, Affective Behavior
Genetic Influence on Family Environment: The Role of Personality.
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Chipuer, H. M.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1993
Assessed the family environment and personality of 400 pairs of 59-year-old twins. Genetic influences on extraversion and neuroticism were related to genetic influences on the family environment factors of relationship and personal growth but not to the factor of system maintenance. (BC)
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Extraversion Introversion, Family Environment, Foreign Countries
Genetic Influence on Tester-Rated Infant Temperament as Assessed by Bayley's Infant Behavior Record: Nonadoptive and Adoptive Siblings and Twins.
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Braungart, Julia M.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1992
The Infant Behavior Record (IBR) assessed the temperament of 95 nonadoptive and 80 adoptive sibling pairs at 1 and 2 years of age. Data from this and an earlier similar study of identical and fraternal twins yielded evidence for genetic influence for IBR factors of extraversion, activity, and task orientation. (BC)
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Environmental Influences, Extraversion Introversion, Genetics