The Role of Child Negative Emotionality in Parenting and Child Adjustment: Gene-Environment Interplay
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| Title: | The Role of Child Negative Emotionality in Parenting and Child Adjustment: Gene-Environment Interplay |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Elizabeth A. Shewark, Amanda M. Ramos, Chang Liu, Jody M. Ganiban, Gregory Fosco, Daniel S. Shaw, David Reiss, Misaki N. Natsuaki, Leslie D. Leve, Jenae M. Neiderhiser |
| Source: | Grantee Submission. 2021. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 28 |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Center for Education Research (NCER) (ED/IES) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH) Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) (DHHS/NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (DHHS/PHS) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (DHHS/NIH) |
| Contract Number: | R305B150033 F31HD089584 UG3/UH3OD023389 R01DK090264 R01HD042608 R01DA035062 R01MH092118 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Parent Child Relationship, Correlation, Genetics, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Self Control, Behavior Problems, Parent Attitudes, Adoption, Aggression, Birth, Comparative Analysis, Personality Traits, Emotional Adjustment, Social Adjustment, Child Development, Psychological Patterns, Preschool Children, Check Lists, Child Behavior, Rating Scales, Children |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Child Behavior Checklist |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jcpp.13420 |
| Abstract: | Background: Evocative gene-environment correlation (rGE) describes a process through which children's heritable characteristics influence their rearing environments. The current study examined if heritable influences on parenting and children's behavioral 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 behavioral problems and social competence at age 7. Birth parent temperament was included to test whether child effects on parents reflects 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 behaviors 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. [This paper was published in "Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry" v62 n12 2021.] |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| IES Funded: | Yes |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | ED663023 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Background: Evocative gene-environment correlation (rGE) describes a process through which children's heritable characteristics influence their rearing environments. The current study examined if heritable influences on parenting and children's behavioral 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 behavioral problems and social competence at age 7. Birth parent temperament was included to test whether child effects on parents reflects 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 behaviors 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. [This paper was published in "Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry" v62 n12 2021.] |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/jcpp.13420 |
