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Influence of Siblings on Adolescent Sexual Behavior.
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Rodgers, Joseph Lee; Rowe, David C. – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Analysis of data in the ADSEX (Adolescent Sexuality) Dataset showed that younger siblings have consistently higher levels of sexual activity at a given age than do older siblings. The effect does not interact with the race or sex-match of siblings. A sibling influence interpretation is considered to be the most plausible explanation of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Family Influence, Sexuality
Resolving the Debate over Birth Order, Family Size, and Intelligence.
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Rodgers, Joseph Lee; Cleveland, H. Harrington; van den Oord, Edwin; Rowe, David C. – American Psychologist, 2000
Investigated the relationship between birth order, family size, and intelligence quotient (IQ), evaluating sibling data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and comparing results with those from other studies using within-family data. Results indicated that although low IQ parents were making large families, large families were not…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Family Influence, Family Size, Intelligence Quotient
As the Twig Is Bent? The Myth of Child-Rearing Influences on Personality Development.
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Rowe, David C. – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1990
Claims little factual evidence exists for proposition that child rearing styles and family environments are formative of personality traits. Contends nonintellectual traits seem to be determined instead by genetic influences and relatively specific environmental influences, most of which are particularly tied to the family or parental treatments.…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Environmental Influences, Etiology, Family Influence
Origins of Familial Similarity in Parenting: A Study of Twins and Adoptive Siblings.
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Losoya, Sandra H.; Callor, Suzanne; Rowe, David C.; Goldsmith, H. Hill – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Parents who were identical twins, fraternal twins, or adopted siblings completed questionnaires assessing attitudes toward parenting and specific parenting practices, the emotional atmosphere of the home, and parental personality. Model-fitting results implicated modest genetic effects on affect-related aspects of parenting, such as parental…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Children, Family Environment, Family Influence
The Limits of Family Influence: Genes, Experience, and Behavior.
Rowe, David C. – 1994
This book examines socialization science, which is the empirical effort to understand how children acquire traits from their families and cultures. This work proposes that one part of the family influence process--broad differences in family environments, except for those that are neglectful, abusive, or without opportunity--may exert little…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Context Effect, Environmental Influences
Sibling Delinquency and the Family Environment: Shared and Unshared Influences.
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Rowe, David C.; And Others – Child Development, 1992
Used a longitudinal sibling research design and a large, nationally representative sample of 15- to 22-year-old siblings to study shared and unshared environmental influences on delinquency. Although no unshared family environmental influences were found for sisters and mixed-sex siblings, they may have existed for brothers. Data suggested…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Birth Order, Blacks
Delinquency and IQ: Using Siblings To Find Sources of Variation.
Rowe, David C.; And Others – Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology, 1996
The research described in this article addressed the question of why siblings commonly have different developmental outcomes despite their common beginnings. The studies analyzed behavioral development, especially through examination of deviant behaviors and intellectual development, by tracing siblings' different life histories. The work is based…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Development, Context Effect, Delinquency