期刊
BEHAVIOR GENETICS
卷 37, 期 3, 页码 449-462出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-007-9142-7
关键词
adoption studies; range restriction; shared environment; adolescent development
资金
- NIAAA NIH HHS [AA11886] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [MH066140] Funding Source: Medline
Previous reviews of the literature have suggested that shared environmental effects may be underestimated in adoption studies because adopted individuals are exposed to a restricted range of family environments. A sample of 409 adoptive and 208 nonadoptive families from the Sibling Interaction and Behavior Study (SIBS) was used to identify the environmental dimensions on which adoptive families show greatest restriction and to determine the effect of this restriction on estimates of the adoptive sibling correlation. Relative to non-adoptive families, adoptive families experienced a 41% reduction of variance in parent disinhibitory psychopathology and an 18% reduction of variance in socioeconomic status (SES). There was limited evidence for range restriction in exposure to bad peer models, parent depression, or family climate. However, restriction in range in parent disinhibitory psychopathology and family SES had no effect on adoptive-sibling correlations for delinquency, drug use, and IQ. These data support the use of adoption studies to obtain direct estimates of the importance of shared environmental effects on psychological development.
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