Relationship Code: Deciphering Genetic and Social Influences on Adolescent Development
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The Relationship Code is the report of a longitudinal study, conducted over a ten-year period, of the influence of family relationships and genetic factors on competence and psychopathology in adolescent development. The sample for this landmark study included 720 pairs of same-sex adolescent siblings–including twins, half siblings, and genetically unrelated siblings–and their parents.
Using a clear expressive style, David Reiss and his coinvestigators identify specific mechanisms that link genetic factors and the social environment in psychological development. They propose a striking hypothesis: family relationships are crucial to the expression of genetic influences on a broad array of complex behaviors in adolescents. Moreover, this role of family relationships may be very specific: some genetic factors are linked to mother-child relationships, others to father-child relations, some to relationship warmth, while others are linked to relationship conflict or control. The specificity of these links suggests that family relationships may constitute a code for translating genetic influences into the ontogeny of behaviors, a code every bit as important for behavior as DNA-RNA.
Author: Reiss, David, Author: Neiderhiser, Jenae M, Author: Hetherington, E Mavis, Author: Plomin, Robert
Topic: Psychology
Media: Book
ISBN: 674011260
Language: English
Pages: 560
Additional information
Weight | 1.42 lbs |
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Dimensions | 8.87 × 5.74 × 1.06 in |
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