PMID: 11605999Oct 19, 2001Paper

Associations between nonshared environment and child problem behaviour

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
M C WichersR Vlietinck

Abstract

Twin studies suggest that environmental effects on the development of child psychopathology largely involve nonshared environmental processes. However, the influence of the nonshared environment may have been overestimated, as the relationship between environment and behaviour may be genetically mediated. A direct measure of the nonshared environment (using the Sibling Inventory of Differential Experience - SIDE) was investigated in relation to child psychopathology, and tested for possible genetic mediation. Parent-rated versions of the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) and the SIDE were collected in 760 twin pairs aged 6-17 years. Multilevel regression analysis was used to assess the influence of SIDE scores on CBCL total problem scores, internalising symptoms, externalising symptoms and depressive symptom scores. Genetic mediation was assessed by examining interaction with zygosity in the association between SIDE scores and differences in CBCL scores (absence of interaction indicating no genetic mediation). The results revealed significant associations between SIDE dimensions on the one hand, and degree of internalising, externalising, depression and total symptom scores on the other. However, the effects were non-linear, and...Continue Reading

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Oct 30, 2012·Twin Research and Human Genetics : the Official Journal of the International Society for Twin Studies·Catherine DeromJean-Pierre Frijns
Sep 10, 2019·Twin Research and Human Genetics : the Official Journal of the International Society for Twin Studies·Catherine DeromSteven Weyers

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