How Heritable are Parental Sensitivity and Limit‐Setting? A Longitudinal Child‐Based Twin Study on Observed Parenting. Issue 6 (9th April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Euser, Saskia; Bosdriesz, Jizzo R.; Vrijhof, Claudia I.; van den Bulk, Bianca G.; van Hees, Debby; de Vet, Sanne M.; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Bakermans‐Kranenburg, Marian J.
• Is Part Of: Child development. Volume 91:Issue 6(2020)
• Page Start: 2255
• Page End: 2269
• Publication Date: 2020-04-09
• Subjects: Child development -- Periodicals; Child psychology -- Periodicals; Child Development -- Periodicals; Child Development; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; Pedicatrics; 305.231
• DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13365
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-3920

Abstract

Abstract : We examined the relative contribution of genetic, shared environmental and non‐shared environmental factors to the covariance between parental sensitivity and limit‐setting observed twice in a longitudinal study using a child‐based twin design. Parental sensitivity and parental limit‐setting were observed in 236 parents with each of their same‐sex toddler twin children ( M age = 3.8 years; 58% monozygotic). Bivariate behavioral genetic models indicated substantial effects of similar shared environmental factors on parental sensitivity and limit‐setting and on the overlap within sensitivity and limit‐setting across 1 year. Moderate child‐driven genetic effects were found for parental limit‐setting in year 1 and across 1 year. Genetic child factors contributing to explaining the variance in limit‐setting over time were the same, whereas shared environmental factors showed some overlap.