A study of genetic and environmental effects on the co-occurence of problem behaviors in three-year-old twins

The authors examined the genetic and environmental causes of the co-occurrence of problem behaviors in children. The analyses involved mother and father ratings of Oppositional, Withdrawn/Depressed, Aggressive, Anxious, Overactive, and Sleep Problems in 446 monozygotic and 912 dizygotic pairs of 3-year-old twins. Genetic factors contributed on average .150 (37.3%), shared environment .206 (51.2%), and nonshared environment .046 (11.4%) to the phenotypic correlations between the syndromes. Genetic and environmental factors caused different groupings. Internalizing and Externalizing groupings we... Mehr ...

Verfasser: van den Oord, E.J.C.G.
Boomsma, D.I.
Verhulst, F.C.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
Reihe/Periodikum: van den Oord , E J C G , Boomsma , D I & Verhulst , F C 2000 , ' A study of genetic and environmental effects on the co-occurence of problem behaviors in three-year-old twins ' , Journal of Abnormal Psychology , vol. 109 , no. 3 , pp. 360-372 . https://doi.org/10.1037//0021-843X.109.3.360
Schlagwörter: /dk/atira/pure/keywords/cohort_studies/netherlands_twin_register_ntr_ / name=Netherlands Twin Register (NTR)
Sprache: Englisch
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The authors examined the genetic and environmental causes of the co-occurrence of problem behaviors in children. The analyses involved mother and father ratings of Oppositional, Withdrawn/Depressed, Aggressive, Anxious, Overactive, and Sleep Problems in 446 monozygotic and 912 dizygotic pairs of 3-year-old twins. Genetic factors contributed on average .150 (37.3%), shared environment .206 (51.2%), and nonshared environment .046 (11.4%) to the phenotypic correlations between the syndromes. Genetic and environmental factors caused different groupings. Internalizing and Externalizing groupings were indicative of nonshared environmental factors; clusters of problem behaviors with either the Aggressive or Anxious symptoms were most suggestive of genetic factors, and high scores on all syndromes indicated shared environmental influences.