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The role of child negative emotionality in parenting and child adjustment: Gene-environment interplay.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evocative gene-environment correlation (rGE) describes a process through which children's heritable characteristics influence their rearing environments. The current study examined whether heritable influences on parenting and children's behavioural outcomes operate through child negative emotionality.

Method

Using data from the Early Growth and Development Study, we examined associations among adoptive parent reports of child anger and sadness at 4.5 years, adoptive parents' hostile and warm parenting at 6 years and child behavioural problems and social competence at age 7. Birth parent temperament was included to test whether child effects on parents reflect evocative gene-environment correlation (rGE).

Results

Child anger at 4.5 years evoked hostile parenting from adoptive parents at 6 years, which was subsequently related to child problem behaviours at 7 years. Evocative rGE effects were identified for adoptive parents' hostile parenting.

Conclusions

By employing a genetically informed design, we found that birth parent temperament was related to child negative emotionality. Adoptive parents were sensitive to child negative emotionality, and this sensitivity was linked to the child's later adjustment.

SUBMITTER: Shewark EA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8492791 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The role of child negative emotionality in parenting and child adjustment: Gene-environment interplay.

Shewark Elizabeth A EA Ramos Amanda M AM Liu Chang C Ganiban Jody M JM Fosco Gregory G Shaw Daniel S DS Reiss David D Natsuaki Misaki N MN Leve Leslie D LD Neiderhiser Jenae M JM

Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines 20210406 12

<h4>Background</h4>Evocative gene-environment correlation (rGE) describes a process through which children's heritable characteristics influence their rearing environments. The current study examined whether heritable influences on parenting and children's behavioural outcomes operate through child negative emotionality.<h4>Method</h4>Using data from the Early Growth and Development Study, we examined associations among adoptive parent reports of child anger and sadness at 4.5 years, adoptive pa ...[more]

PMID: 33821495

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The role of child negative emotionality in parenting and child adjustment: Gene-environment interplay.

Background

Method

Results

Conclusions

Publications

The role of child negative emotionality in parenting and child adjustment: Gene-environment interplay.

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