Published in

Wiley, Child Development, 1(78), p. 1-18, 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.00982.x

Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

Marital Conflict and Conduct Problems in Children of Twins

Journal article published in 2007 by K. Paige Harden ORCID, K. Paige Harden, Eric Turkheimer, Robert E. Emery, Brian M. D’Onofrio, Wendy S. Slutske, Andrew C. Heath, Nicholas G. Martin ORCID
This paper is available in a repository.
This paper is available in a repository.

Full text: Download

Green circle
Preprint: archiving allowed
Upload
Orange circle
Postprint: archiving restricted
Upload
Red circle
Published version: archiving forbidden
Policy details
Data provided by SHERPA/RoMEO

Abstract

The Children-of-Twins design was used to test whether associations between marital conflict frequency and conduct problems can be replicated within the children of discordant twin pairs. A sample of 2,051 children (age 14–39 years) of 1,045 twins was used to estimate the genetic and environmental influences on marital conflict and determine whether genetic or environmental selection processes underlie the observed association between marital conflict and conduct problems. Results indicate that genetic and nonshared environmental factors influence the risk of marital conflict. Furthermore, genetic influences mediated the association between marital conflict frequency and conduct problems. These results highlight the need for quasiexperimental designs in investigations of intergenerational associations.