title: Continuities--a search for causal mechanisms: comment on the special section.
abstract: The findings of the 8 empirical articles in this special section make a convincing case for cross-generation continuities. It is proposed that parenting practices may serve as a mechanisms that accounts for these stabilities. Both biological and social interactional variables are examined as potential explanations for how this effect might come about.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene 97401, USA.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*