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Are There Positive Effects of Having a Sibling with Special Needs? Empathy and Prosociality of Twins of Children with Non-Typical Development
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Rum, Yonat; Genzer, Shir; Markovitch, Noam; Jenkins, Jennifer; Perry, Anat; Knafo-Noam, Ariel – Child Development, 2022
This study examined whether typically developing (TD) twins of non-TD children demonstrate enhanced empathy and prosociality. Of 778 Hebrew-speaking Israeli families who participated in a twin study, 63 were identified to have a non-TD child with a TD twin, and 404 as having both twins TD. TD twins of non-TD children (27% males) were compared to…
Descriptors: Twins, Disabilities, Empathy, Prosocial Behavior
The Relationship between Empathy and Executive Functions among Young Adolescents
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Mairon, Noam; Abramson, Lior; Knafo-Noam, Ariel; Perry, Anat; Nahum, Mor – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Empathy and executive functions (EFs) are multimodal constructs that enable individuals to cope with their environment. Both abilities develop throughout childhood and are known to contribute to social behavior and academic performance in young adolescents. Notably, mentalizing and EF activate shared frontotemporal brain areas, which in previous…
Descriptors: Empathy, Correlation, Twins, Longitudinal Studies
A Longitudinal Genetically Informed Analysis of Parental Negativity and Children's Negative Emotionality in Middle Childhood
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Vertsberger, Dana; Saudino, Kimberly J.; Avinun, Reut; Abramson, Lior; Knafo-Noam, Ariel – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Children's negative emotionality (NE) is frequently associated with parental negativity, but causal understanding of this relationship is limited. In addition, little is known about how genetic and environmental factors affect this relationship during middle childhood. We addressed these gaps by applying a quantitative genetic analysis to…
Descriptors: Genetics, Negative Attitudes, Environmental Influences, Young Children
Identity Exploration and Commitment in Early Adolescence: Genetic and Environmental Contributions
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Markovitch, Noam; Luyckx, Koen; Klimstra, Theo; Abramson, Lior; Knafo-Noam, Ariel – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Identity formation is a key developmental task in adolescence. Although many adolescents in modern societies face issues of identity, there are substantial individual differences in identity exploration and commitment. Little is known about the origins of these individual differences. The current study investigated the genetic and environmental…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Identification (Psychology), Adolescent Development, Genetics
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