TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetic and environmental influences on global family conflict.
AU - Horwitz, Briana N.
AU - Neiderhiser, Jenae M.
AU - Ganiban, Jody M.
AU - Spotts, Erica L.
AU - Lichtenstein, Paul
AU - Reiss, David
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - This study examined genetic and environmental influences on global family conflict. The sample comprised 872 same-sex pairs of twin parents, their spouses/partners, and one adolescent child per twin from the Twin and Offspring Study in Sweden. The twins, spouses, and child each reported on the degree of family conflict, and there was significant agreement among the family members' ratings. These shared perspectives were explained by one common factor, indexing global family conflict. Genetic influences explained 36% of the variance in this common factor, suggesting that twins' heritable characteristics contribute to family conflict, via genotype-environment correlation. Nonshared environmental effects explained the remaining 64% of this variance, indicating that twins' unique childhood and/or current family experiences also play an important role. 2010 APA, all rights reserved
AB - This study examined genetic and environmental influences on global family conflict. The sample comprised 872 same-sex pairs of twin parents, their spouses/partners, and one adolescent child per twin from the Twin and Offspring Study in Sweden. The twins, spouses, and child each reported on the degree of family conflict, and there was significant agreement among the family members' ratings. These shared perspectives were explained by one common factor, indexing global family conflict. Genetic influences explained 36% of the variance in this common factor, suggesting that twins' heritable characteristics contribute to family conflict, via genotype-environment correlation. Nonshared environmental effects explained the remaining 64% of this variance, indicating that twins' unique childhood and/or current family experiences also play an important role. 2010 APA, all rights reserved
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U2 - 10.1037/a0019064
DO - 10.1037/a0019064
M3 - Article
C2 - 20438198
AN - SCOPUS:77956627677
SN - 0893-3200
VL - 24
SP - 217
EP - 220
JO - Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)
JF - Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)
IS - 2
ER -