ERIC Number: EJ795286
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-May
Pages: 9
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 34
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
A Behavior-Genetic Study of Parenting Quality, Infant Attachment Security, and Their Covariation in a Nationally Representative Sample
Roisman, Glenn I.; Fraley, R. Chris
Developmental Psychology, v44 n3 p831-839 May 2008
A number of relatively small-sample, genetically sensitive studies of infant attachment security have been published in the past several years that challenge the view that all psychological phenotypes are heritable and that environmental influences on child development--to the extent that they can be detected--serve to make siblings dissimilar. Using the twin subsample (N = 485 same-sex pairs) of the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort, the authors provide evidence that parenting quality and infant attachment security observed at 24 months, as well as their covariation, are a product of shared and nonshared environmental (but not genetic) variation among children. In contrast, genetic differences between infants played a prominent role in explaining observations of temperamental dependency. (Contains 4 tables and 5 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Siblings, Child Rearing, Infants, Attachment Behavior, Genetics, Environmental Influences, Child Development, Parenting Skills, Parent Child Relationship, Twins, Longitudinal Studies, Security (Psychology)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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