TY - JOUR
T1 - Parental Criticism and Externalizing Behavior Problems in Adolescents
T2 - The Role of Environment and Genotype-Environment Correlation
AU - Narusyte, Jurgita
AU - Neiderhiser, Jenae M.
AU - Andershed, Anna Karin
AU - D'Onofrio, Brian M.
AU - Reiss, David
AU - Spotts, Erica
AU - Ganiban, Jody
AU - Lichtenstein, Paul
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - Genetic factors are important for the association between parental negativity and child problem behavior, but it is not clear whether this is due to passive or evocative genotype-environment correlation (rGE). In this study, we applied the extended children-of-twins model to directly examine the presence of passive and evocative rGE as well as direct environmental effects in the association between parental criticism and adolescent externalizing problem behavior. The cross-sectional data come from the Twin and Offspring Study in Sweden (N = 909 pairs of adult twins) and from the Twin Study of Child and Adolescent Development (N = 915 pairs of twin children). The results revealed that maternal criticism was primarily due to evocative rGE emanating from their adolescent's externalizing behavior. On the other hand, fathers' critical remarks tended to affect adolescent problem behavior in a direct environmental way. This suggests that previously reported differences in caretaking between mothers and fathers also are reflected in differences in why parenting is associated with externalizing behavior in offspring.
AB - Genetic factors are important for the association between parental negativity and child problem behavior, but it is not clear whether this is due to passive or evocative genotype-environment correlation (rGE). In this study, we applied the extended children-of-twins model to directly examine the presence of passive and evocative rGE as well as direct environmental effects in the association between parental criticism and adolescent externalizing problem behavior. The cross-sectional data come from the Twin and Offspring Study in Sweden (N = 909 pairs of adult twins) and from the Twin Study of Child and Adolescent Development (N = 915 pairs of twin children). The results revealed that maternal criticism was primarily due to evocative rGE emanating from their adolescent's externalizing behavior. On the other hand, fathers' critical remarks tended to affect adolescent problem behavior in a direct environmental way. This suggests that previously reported differences in caretaking between mothers and fathers also are reflected in differences in why parenting is associated with externalizing behavior in offspring.
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U2 - 10.1037/a0021815
DO - 10.1037/a0021815
M3 - Article
C2 - 21280930
AN - SCOPUS:79955998854
SN - 0021-843X
VL - 120
SP - 365
EP - 376
JO - Journal of abnormal psychology
JF - Journal of abnormal psychology
IS - 2
ER -