The nature (and nurture) of children's perceptions of family chaos

Ken B. Hanscombe; Claire M. A. Haworth; Oliver S. P. Davis; Sara R. Jaffee; Robert Plomin

doi:10.1016/j.lindif.2010.06.005

The nature (and nurture) of children's perceptions of family chaos

Ken B. Hanscombe, Claire M. A. Haworth, Oliver S. P. Davis, Sara R. Jaffee, Robert Plomin

Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry

Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat

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Abstract

Chaos in the home is a key environment in cognitive and behavioural development. However, we show that children's experience of home chaos is partly genetically mediated. We assessed children's perceptions of household chaos at ages 9 and 12 in 2337 pairs of twins. Using child-specific reports allowed us to use structural equation modelling to explore the genetic and environmental etiologies of children's perceptions of chaos. We found that these perceptions are significantly heritable (22%), with the remainder explained by environmental influences. Finding that genes influence children's experience of chaotic environments has far-reaching implications for how we conceptualize the family home and its impact on cognitive and behavioural development.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	549 - 553
Number of pages	5
Journal	LEARNING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
Volume	20
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2010.06.005
Publication status	Published - Oct 2010

Keywords

Gene-environment correlation
Household chaos
Home environment

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Genetics, school environment and cognitive development.
Plomin, R. (Primary Investigator)
NIH National Institutes of Health
1/02/2010 → 30/11/2015
Project: Research
Identifying patterns of genome-wide association in the development of cognitive, behavioural and psychiatric disorders
Plomin, R. (Primary Investigator) & Davis, O. (Co-Investigator)
Wellcome Trust
1/10/2009 → 30/09/2013
Project: Research
Identifuing generic and enviromental risk factors and their interplay for achivement at school-Award for Claire Haworth.
Plomin, R. (Primary Investigator) & Haworth, C. (Co-Investigator)
MRC Medical Research Council
30/09/2009 → 30/09/2011
Project: Research

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Genetics, school environment and cognitive development.

Identifying patterns of genome-wide association in the development of cognitive, behavioural and psychiatric disorders

Identifuing generic and enviromental risk factors and their interplay for achivement at school-Award for Claire Haworth.

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