TY - JOUR
T1 - Remembered parental bonding in adult twins
T2 - Genetic and environmental influences
AU - Lichtenstein, Paul
AU - Ganiban, Jody
AU - Neiderhiser, Jenae M.
AU - Pedersen, Nancy L.
AU - Hansson, Kjell
AU - Cederblad, Marianne
AU - Elthammar, Olof
AU - Reiss, David
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was supported by National Institutes of Mental Health grant R01MH54610 (Reiss).
PY - 2003/7
Y1 - 2003/7
N2 - One common assumption in psychology is the impact of parenting and parent-child relationships on the child's adjustment throughout the life span. Studies have indicated that there are genetic influences on memories of parenting, but how these influences are mediated has not typically been investigated. A sample of 150 pairs of monozygotic and 176 pairs of dizygotic Swedish twin women reported on personal characteristics and on remembered relationships with their mother and father using the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI). Quantitative genetic analyses showed moderate genetic influences for remembered parental warmth, which also was partly explained by genetic influences for optimism, aggression, and humor. The other two PBI scales, authoritarianism and protectiveness, showed only shared and nonshared environmental influences. One interpretation of the findings is that heritable personal characteristics of children elicit parental warmth. However, other explanations such as personality characteristics influencing how experiences with parents are interpreted or circumstances in adult life that affect the recall of experiences could not be ruled out.
AB - One common assumption in psychology is the impact of parenting and parent-child relationships on the child's adjustment throughout the life span. Studies have indicated that there are genetic influences on memories of parenting, but how these influences are mediated has not typically been investigated. A sample of 150 pairs of monozygotic and 176 pairs of dizygotic Swedish twin women reported on personal characteristics and on remembered relationships with their mother and father using the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI). Quantitative genetic analyses showed moderate genetic influences for remembered parental warmth, which also was partly explained by genetic influences for optimism, aggression, and humor. The other two PBI scales, authoritarianism and protectiveness, showed only shared and nonshared environmental influences. One interpretation of the findings is that heritable personal characteristics of children elicit parental warmth. However, other explanations such as personality characteristics influencing how experiences with parents are interpreted or circumstances in adult life that affect the recall of experiences could not be ruled out.
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1025317409086
DO - 10.1023/A:1025317409086
M3 - Article
C2 - 14574139
AN - SCOPUS:0141717600
SN - 0001-8244
VL - 33
SP - 397
EP - 408
JO - Behavior Genetics
JF - Behavior Genetics
IS - 4
ER -