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Separating the Domains of Oppositional Behavior: Comparing Latent Models of the Conners' Oppositional Subscale
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Kuny, Ana V.; Althoff, Robert R.; Copeland, William; Bartels, Meike; Van Beijsterveldt, C. E. M.; Baer, Julie; Hudziak, James J. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2013
Objective: Although oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is usually considered the mildest of the disruptive behavior disorders, it is a key factor in predicting young adult anxiety and depression and is distinguishable from normal childhood behavior. In an effort to understand possible subsets of oppositional defiant behavior (ODB) that may…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Mothers, Twins, Children
The Genetic and Environmental Covariation among Psychopathic Personality Traits, and Reactive and Proactive Aggression in Childhood
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Bezdjian, Serena; Tuvblad, Catherine; Raine, Adrian; Baker, Laura A. – Child Development, 2011
The present study investigated the genetic and environmental covariance between psychopathic personality traits with reactive and proactive aggression in 9- to 10-year-old twins (N = 1,219). Psychopathic personality traits were assessed with the Child Psychopathy Scale (D. R. Lynam, 1997), while aggressive behaviors were assessed using the…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Aggression, Personality, Genetics
Aggressive Behavior between Siblings and the Development of Externalizing Problems: Evidence from a Genetically Sensitive Study
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Natsuaki, Misaki N.; Ge, Xiaojia; Reiss, David; Neiderhiser, Jenae M. – Developmental Psychology, 2009
This study investigated the prospective links between sibling aggression and the development of externalizing problems using a multilevel modeling approach with a genetically sensitive design. The sample consisted of 780 adolescents (390 sibling pairs) who participated in 2 waves of the Nonshared Environment in Adolescent Development project.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Twins, Aggression, Sibling Relationship
Differential Genetic and Environmental Influences on Reactive and Proactive Aggression in Children
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Baker, Laura A.; Raine, Adrian; Liu, Jianghong; Jacobson, Kristen C. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2008
While significant heritability for childhood aggression has been claimed, it is not known whether there are differential genetic and environmental contributions to proactive and reactive forms of aggression in children. This study quantifies genetic and environmental contributions to these two forms of aggression in an ethnically diverse urban…
Descriptors: Aggression, Mothers, Ethnic Groups, Gender Differences
Differential Maternal Socialization of Opposite-sexed Twins, Triplets, and Quadruplets.
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Goshen-Gottstein, Esther R. – Child Development, 1981
Investigated through direct observation in the home whether mothers socialize differently boys and girls growing up as opposite-sexed twins, triplets, and quadruplets as a function of their different genders. Children and mothers were rated on behaviors about which contradictory evidence had been reported in the literature. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Aggression, Attachment Behavior, Foreign Countries, Helping Relationship
Maternal Influence in the Formation of Sex Identity and Gender Role Designation Among Differently Sexed Twins, Triplets and Quadruplets.
Goshen-Gottstein, Esther R. – 1980
Sex-determined differences in socialization were investigated in seven families, two of which contained twins, two of which contained triplets and three of which contained quadruplets. Two psychologists observed the families in their homes from the infants fifth month of age until the children were 3 1/2 to 6 years of age. Children's dependency,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Females, Foreign Countries, Infants