Parenting moderates the etiology of callous‐unemotional traits in middle childhood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21344949 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel C Tomlinson (0000-0003-4349-0081, Department of Psychology University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI USA), Luke W Hyde (0000-0002-5947-7896, Department of Psychology University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI USA, corresponding author), Hailey L Dotterer (0000-0001-9158-3181, Department of Psychology University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI USA), Kelly L Klump (0000-0003-1790-9264, Department of Psychology Michigan State University East Lansing MI USA), Alexandra Burt (0000-0001-5538-7431, Department of Psychology Michigan State University East Lansing MI USA), S Alexandra Burt (Department of Psychology Michigan State University East Lansing MI USA) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 912-920 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9630 • E-ISSN: 1469-7610 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jcpp.13542 |
| PMID | 34796486 |
| OpenAlex | W3212919467 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 58 |
BACKGROUND: Callous-unemotional (CU) traits are associated with chronic and escalating trajectories of antisocial behavior. Extant etiologic studies suggest that heritability estimates for CU traits vary substantially, while also pointing to an environmental association between parenting and CU traits. METHODS: We used twin modeling to estimate additive genetic (A), shared environmental (C), and nonshared environmental (E) influences on CU traits, measured with the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits (ICU) and its subscales. Our sample included 600 twin pairs (age 6-11, 230 monozygotic) from neighborhoods with above-average levels of family poverty, a risk factor for antisocial behavior. We examined the extent to which correlations between parenting, measured via parent and child report on the Parental Environment Questionnaire, and CU traits reflected genetic versus environmental factors. Then, we tested whether parenting moderated the heritability of CU traits. RESULTS: In the context of lower-income neighborhoods, CU traits were moderately to highly heritable (A = 54%) with similar moderate-to-high nonshared environmental influences (E = 46%). Bivariate models revealed that associations between CU traits and warm parenting were genetic (rA = .22) and environmental (rE = .19) in origin, whereas associations between CU traits and harsh parenting were largely genetic in origin (rA = .70). The heritability of CU traits decreased with increasing parental warmth and decreasing harshness. CONCLUSIONS: Callous-unemotional traits are both genetic and environmental in origin during middle childhood, but genetic influences are moderated by parenting quality. Parenting may be an important target for interventions, particularly among youth with greater genetic risk
Behavioural genetics · Biology · Conduct disorder · Context (archaeology) · Developmental psychology · Genetic correlation · Genetic variation · Heritability · Population · Structural equation modeling · Twin study · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Demography · Genetics · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
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| Citations per year | 2.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |