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Associations between the parent–child relationship and adolescent self‐worth: a genetically informed study of twin parents and their adolescent children
BACKGROUND: Low self‐worth during adolescence predicts a range of emotional and behavioural problems. As such, identifying potential sources of influence on self‐worth is important. Aspects of the parent–child relationship are often associated with adolescent self‐worth but to date it is unclear whe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215430/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27426633 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12600 |
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author | McAdams, Tom A. Rijsdijk, Fruhling V. Narusyte, Jurgita Ganiban, Jody M. Reiss, David Spotts, Erica Neiderhiser, Jenae M. Lichtenstein, Paul Eley, Thalia C. |
author_facet | McAdams, Tom A. Rijsdijk, Fruhling V. Narusyte, Jurgita Ganiban, Jody M. Reiss, David Spotts, Erica Neiderhiser, Jenae M. Lichtenstein, Paul Eley, Thalia C. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Low self‐worth during adolescence predicts a range of emotional and behavioural problems. As such, identifying potential sources of influence on self‐worth is important. Aspects of the parent–child relationship are often associated with adolescent self‐worth but to date it is unclear whether such associations may be attributable to familial confounding (e.g. genetic relatedness). We set out to clarify the nature of relationships between parental expressed affection and adolescent self‐worth, and parent–child closeness and adolescent self‐worth. METHODS: We used data from the Twin and Offspring Study in Sweden, a children‐of‐twins sample comprising 909 adult twin pairs with adolescent children. Using these data we were able to apply structural equation models with which we could examine whether associations remained after accounting for genetic transmission. RESULTS: Results demonstrated that parent–child closeness and parental‐expressed affection were both phenotypically associated with adolescent self‐worth. Associations could not be attributed to genetic relatedness between parent and child. CONCLUSIONS: Parent–child closeness and parental affection are associated with adolescent self‐worth above and beyond effects attributable to genetic relatedness. Data were cross‐sectional, so the direction of effects cannot be confirmed but findings support the notion that positive parent–child relationships increase adolescent self‐worth. |
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spelling | pubmed-52154302017-01-18 Associations between the parent–child relationship and adolescent self‐worth: a genetically informed study of twin parents and their adolescent children McAdams, Tom A. Rijsdijk, Fruhling V. Narusyte, Jurgita Ganiban, Jody M. Reiss, David Spotts, Erica Neiderhiser, Jenae M. Lichtenstein, Paul Eley, Thalia C. J Child Psychol Psychiatry Original Articles BACKGROUND: Low self‐worth during adolescence predicts a range of emotional and behavioural problems. As such, identifying potential sources of influence on self‐worth is important. Aspects of the parent–child relationship are often associated with adolescent self‐worth but to date it is unclear whether such associations may be attributable to familial confounding (e.g. genetic relatedness). We set out to clarify the nature of relationships between parental expressed affection and adolescent self‐worth, and parent–child closeness and adolescent self‐worth. METHODS: We used data from the Twin and Offspring Study in Sweden, a children‐of‐twins sample comprising 909 adult twin pairs with adolescent children. Using these data we were able to apply structural equation models with which we could examine whether associations remained after accounting for genetic transmission. RESULTS: Results demonstrated that parent–child closeness and parental‐expressed affection were both phenotypically associated with adolescent self‐worth. Associations could not be attributed to genetic relatedness between parent and child. CONCLUSIONS: Parent–child closeness and parental affection are associated with adolescent self‐worth above and beyond effects attributable to genetic relatedness. Data were cross‐sectional, so the direction of effects cannot be confirmed but findings support the notion that positive parent–child relationships increase adolescent self‐worth. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016-07-18 2017-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5215430/ /pubmed/27426633 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12600 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles McAdams, Tom A. Rijsdijk, Fruhling V. Narusyte, Jurgita Ganiban, Jody M. Reiss, David Spotts, Erica Neiderhiser, Jenae M. Lichtenstein, Paul Eley, Thalia C. Associations between the parent–child relationship and adolescent self‐worth: a genetically informed study of twin parents and their adolescent children |
title | Associations between the parent–child relationship and adolescent self‐worth: a genetically informed study of twin parents and their adolescent children |
title_full | Associations between the parent–child relationship and adolescent self‐worth: a genetically informed study of twin parents and their adolescent children |
title_fullStr | Associations between the parent–child relationship and adolescent self‐worth: a genetically informed study of twin parents and their adolescent children |
title_full_unstemmed | Associations between the parent–child relationship and adolescent self‐worth: a genetically informed study of twin parents and their adolescent children |
title_short | Associations between the parent–child relationship and adolescent self‐worth: a genetically informed study of twin parents and their adolescent children |
title_sort | associations between the parent–child relationship and adolescent self‐worth: a genetically informed study of twin parents and their adolescent children |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215430/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27426633 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12600 |
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