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Birth and Adoptive Parent Antisocial Behavior and Parenting: A Study of Evocative Gene–Environment Correlation
Author(s) -
Klahr Ashlea M.,
Burt S. Alexandra,
Leve Leslie D.,
Shaw Daniel S.,
Ganiban Jody M.,
Reiss David,
Neiderhiser Jenae M.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/cdev.12619
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , parenting styles , positive parenting , child rearing , antisocial personality disorder , injury prevention , poison control , psychiatry , medicine , environmental health , intervention (counseling)
Negative parenting is shaped by the genetically influenced characteristics of children (via evocative r GE) 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 r GE effects on parenting may be small in magnitude in early childhood.