The Relationship Code: Deciphering Genetic and Social Influences on Adolescent Development - Couverture rigide

Reiss, David; Etc.; Neiderhiser, Jenae; Hetherington, E. Mavis; Plomin, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0674000544 ISBN 13 : 9780674000544

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This work is the report of a longitudinal study, conducted over a ten year period, of the influence of family relationships and genetic factors on competence and psychopathology in adolescent development. The sample for this landmark study included 720 pairs of same-sex adolescent siblings - including twins, half siblings, and genetically unrelated siblings 0 and their parents. Using a clear expressive style, David Reiss and his coinvestigators identify specific mechanism that link genetic factors and the social environment in psychological development. They propose a striking hypothesis: family relationships are crucial to the expression of genetic influences on a broad array of complex behaviours in adolescents. Moreover, this role of family relationships may be very specific: some genetic factors are linked to mother-child relationships, other to father-child relations, some to relationship warmth,while others are linked to relationship conflict or control. The specificity of these links suggests that family relationships may constitute a code for translating genetic influences into the ontogeny of behaviours, a code every bit as important for behaviour as DNA-RNA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674000544
• ISBN 13: 9780674000544
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 554
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• Personne responsable: non disponible