TY - JOUR
T1 - Origins of familial similarity in parenting
T2 - a study of twins and adoptive siblings.
AU - Losoya, Sandra
AU - Callor, S.
AU - Rowe, D. C.
AU - Goldsmith, H. H.
PY - 1997/11
Y1 - 1997/11
N2 - Parents of young children completed questionnaires that assessed attitudes toward parenting and specific parenting practices, the emotional atmosphere of the home, and parental personality. These parents were themselves either identical twins (n = 90), fraternal twins (n = 56), or adoptive siblings (n = 40). Model-fitting results implicate modest genetic effects on affect-related aspects of parenting, such as parental warmth. The results add new dimensions to the growing body of literature that documents genetic influences on measures of the family environment and suggest that child-rearing variables are significantly related to the major factors of parental personality.
AB - Parents of young children completed questionnaires that assessed attitudes toward parenting and specific parenting practices, the emotional atmosphere of the home, and parental personality. These parents were themselves either identical twins (n = 90), fraternal twins (n = 56), or adoptive siblings (n = 40). Model-fitting results implicate modest genetic effects on affect-related aspects of parenting, such as parental warmth. The results add new dimensions to the growing body of literature that documents genetic influences on measures of the family environment and suggest that child-rearing variables are significantly related to the major factors of parental personality.
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U2 - 10.1037/0012-1649.33.6.1012
DO - 10.1037/0012-1649.33.6.1012
M3 - Article
C2 - 9383623
AN - SCOPUS:0031278765
SN - 0012-1649
VL - 33
SP - 1012
EP - 1023
JO - Developmental psychology
JF - Developmental psychology
IS - 6
ER -