title: Birth and Adoptive Parent Antisocial Behavior and Parenting: A Study of Evocative Gene-Environment Correlation.
abstract: Negative parenting is shaped by the genetically influenced characteristics of children (via evocative rGE) and by parental antisocial behavior; however, it is unclear how these factors jointly impact parenting. This study examined the effects of birth parent and adoptive parent antisocial behavior on negative parenting. Participants included 546 families within a prospective adoption study. Adoptive parent antisocial behavior emerged as a small but significant predictor of negative parenting at 18 months and of change in parenting from 18 to 27 months. Birth parent antisocial behavior predicted change in adoptive father's (but not mother's) parenting over time. These findings highlight the role of parent characteristics and suggest that evocative rGE effects on parenting may be small in magnitude in early childhood.
authors.affiliation: Fors Marsh Group.
authors.forename: Ashlea M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Klahr
authors.affiliation: Michigan State University.
authors.forename: S Alexandra
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Burt
authors.affiliation: University of Oregon.
authors.forename: Leslie D
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3061-4524
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Leve
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh.
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.affiliation: George Washington University.
authors.forename: Jody M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ganiban
authors.affiliation: Yale University.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reiss
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania State University.
authors.forename: Jenae M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Neiderhiser
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption; D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D059647:Gene-Environment Interaction; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult