The impact of child IQ, parent IQ and sibling IQ on child behavioural deviance scores.
In an epidemiological sample of 411 13-year-old twins of normal intelligence, both parents and teachers reported more behavioural problems among children with lower IQs. This was not attributable to the effects of parental IQ or social class and was not entirely mediated by lower scholastic attainments. Different causal models are discussed: "rater bias" and "IQ is a consequence" explanations seem less plausible than "IQ is a cause" and "IQ is a marker" explanations. Higher parental IQ was associated with more emotional symptoms in the child, both by parental and school report. There was no evidence that being brighter or less bright than a (twin) sibling influenced behavioural deviance, casting doubt on the importance of contrast effects.
Goodman
R
R
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, U.K.
Simonoff
E
E
Stevenson
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010641:Phenotype; D012801:Sibling Relations; D012923:Social Class; D012931:Social Environment
D005819:Genetic Markers