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INFANCY
Volume 21, Issue 5, Pages 536-559Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/infa.12132
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- National Institutes of Mental Health [MH062375, F31 MH07662-01A1]
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Links among imitation, performance on a standardized test of intellectual development, and laboratory-assessed temperament were explored in 311 24-month-old twin pairs. Moderate phenotypic associations were found among imitation, mental development, and temperament dimensions of Affect/Extraversion and Task Orientation. Covariance between imitation and mental development reflected genetic and shared environmental influences, whereas associations between imitation and temperament reflected genetic, shared, and nonshared environmental influences. Genetic factors linking imitation and temperament were the same as those linking temperament and mental development. Nonetheless, approximately 62% of total genetic variance on imitation was independent of genetic influences on mental development and temperament, suggesting that young children's imitation is not simply an index of general cognitive ability or dispositional style but has many underlying genetic influences that are unique.
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