Neighborhood Features Moderate Genetic and Environmental Influences on Children's Social Information Processing
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| Title: | Neighborhood Features Moderate Genetic and Environmental Influences on Children's Social Information Processing |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Elizabeth A. Shewark (ORCID |
| Source: | Developmental Psychology. 2024 60(4):610-623. |
| Availability: | American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (DHHS/NIH) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH) National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Contract Number: | R01MH081813 F32HD098780 R01HD066040 1K99HD110604 F31HD111273 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Children, Twins, Neighborhoods, Nature Nurture Controversy, Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Development, Biological Influences, Environmental Influences, Aggression |
| Geographic Terms: | Michigan |
| DOI: | 10.1037/dev0001690 |
| ISSN: | 0012-1649 1939-0599 |
| Abstract: | Neighborhood is a key context where children learn to process social information; however, the field has largely overlooked the ways children's individual characteristics might be moderated by neighborhood effects. We examined 1,030 six- to 11-year-olds (48.7% female; 82% White) twin pairs oversampled for neighborhood disadvantage from the Twin Study of Behavioral and Emotional Development in Children. We evaluated neighbor reports (N = 1,880) of neighborhood structural and social characteristics as moderators of genetic and environmental influences on children's social processing. Although there was no evidence of moderation for children's hostile attributions, there was robust evidence that the social and structural characteristics of the neighborhood moderated the genetic and environmental origins of children's positive expectations of aggressive behavior. Specifically, we found that genetic influences on aggressive expectations increased in the presence of neighborhood deprivation and decreased in the presence of protective social processes and availability of resources. Such findings suggest that protective neighborhood social processes may buffer against the development of aggressive expectations during middle childhood by suppressing the expression of genetic influences on those outcomes. In doing so, they suggest that neighborhood social processes may be able to promote youth resilience to neighborhood deprivation "under the skin." |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1418048 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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