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Behavioral Genetic Approaches and Family Theory

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Family theories have been founded on research that cannot discriminate genetic and environmental influences and, consequently, most theories do not have highly developed models of gene-environment interplay in families. Behavioral genetic approaches, which can identify gene-environment interplay, have typically not been driven by family theories and have lacked adequate measurement of family processes. In this article, the authors describe behavioral genetic mechanisms and methods using representative examples of research on family processes, highlighting the advantages of an integrated approach. New directions in research and theory driven by an integrated approach are discussed.

Source: Journal of Family Theory & Review

DOI: 10.1111/jftr.12028

Authors: Ginger A. Moore, Jenae M. Neiderhiser

Institution: Pennsylvania State University

Language: English

Topic: Family Dynamics and Relationships

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute on Drug Abuse, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Awards: The Early Growth and Development Study: Family Process, Genes and School Entry, Genes, Prenatal Drug Exposure, and the Postnatal Environment: An Adoption Study