Reared apart Korean female twins: Genetic and cultural influences on life histories, physical and health-related measures, and behavioral traits

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 542-548

  Segal, Nancy L ^a,c   Hur, Yoon Mi ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Genetics; Korean; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENTAL HEALTH; EXTRAVERSION; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HANDEDNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KOREA; LIFE HISTORY; MENARCHE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIGRAINE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOSIS; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SOUTH KOREA; TWIN CONCORDANCE; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 55849114064     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025408097133     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Adair, L.S., & Gordon-Larsen, P. (2001). Maturational timing and overweight prevalence in US adolescent girls. American Journal of Public Health, 91(4), 642-644.
2. Bishoff, T., & Rankin, J. (Eds.) (1997). Seeds from a silent tree: An anthology by Korean adoptees. San Diego, CA: Pandal Press.
3. Bouchard, T.J. Jr. (1996). Behaviour genetic studies of intelligence, yesterday and today: The long journey from plausibility to proof. Journal of Biosocial Science, 28, 527-555.
4. Bouchard, T.J. Jr., Lykken, D.T., McGue, M., Segal, N.L., & Tellegen, A. (1990). Sources of human psychological differences: The Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart. Science, 250, 223-228.
5. Bretz, W.A., Corby, P.M., Schork, N.J., Robinson, M.T., Coelho, M., Costa, S. et al. (2005). Longitudinal analysis of heritability for dental caries traits. Journal of Dental Research, 84, 1047-1051.
6. Bretz, W.A., Corby, P.M., Coelho, M.O., Costa, S.M., Robinson, M., Schork, N.J. et al. (2006). Heritability estimates for dental caries and sucrose sweetness preference. Archives of Oral Biology, 51(12), 1156-1160.
7. Chen, C., & Stevenson, H.C. (1995). Motivation and mathematics achievement: A comparative study of Asian-Americans, Caucasian-Americans and East Asian High School Students. Child Development, 66, 1215-1234.
8. Cho, J., & Juon, H-S. (2006). Assessing overweight and obesity risk among Korean Americans in California using World Health Organization body mass index criteria for Asians. Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy, 3(A79), 1-11.
9. Crovitz, H.F., & Zener, K. (1962). A group test for assessing hand and eye dominance. American Journal of Psychology, 75(2), 271-276.
10. Ekstrom, R.B., French, J.W., Harman, H.H., & Dermen, D. (1976). Manual for kit of factor referred cognitive tests. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.
11. Eysenck, H.J., & Eysenck, S.B.G. (1991). Manual for the EPQ-R. Sevenoaks: Hodder and Stoughton.
12. Farber, S.L. (1981). Identical twins reared apart: A reanalysis. New York: Basic Books, Inc.
13. Finkel, D., Pedersen, N.L., & Larsson, M. (2001). Olfactory functioning and cognitive abilities. Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 56, 226-233.
14. Geary, D.C. (1996). International differences in mathematics achievement: The nature, causes and consequences. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 5(5), 133-137.
15. Hayakawa, K., Shimizu, T., Kato, K., Onoi, M., & Kobayashi, Y. (2002). A gerontological cohort study of aged twins: The Osaka University aged twin registry. Twin Research, 5(5), 387-388.
16. Hur, Y.M. (2005). Genetic and environmental influences on self-concept in female preadolescent twins: Comparison of Minnesota and Seoul data. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 8(4), 291-299.
17. Hur, Y.M. (2006). Nonadditive genetic effects on hostility in South Korean adolescent and young adult twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9(5), 637-641.
18. Hur, Y.M. (2007 a). Gender difference in heritability of BMI in South Korean adolescent twins. Obesity, 15, 2908-2911.
19. Hur, Y.M. (2007 b). Evidence for nonadditive genetic effects on Eysenck Personality Scales in South Korean twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 10, 373-378.
20. Hur, Y.M. (2007 c). Stability of genetic influence on morningness-eveningness: A cross-sectional examination of South Korean twins from preadolescence to young adulthood. Journal of Sleep Research, 16, 17-23.
21. Hwang, J.Y., Shin, C., Frongillo, E.A., & Shin, K.R. (2003). Secular trend in age at menarche for South Korean women born between 1920 and 1986: The Ansan study. Annals of Human Biology, 30, 434-442.
22. Juel-Nielsen, N. (1965). Individual and environment: Monozygotic twins reared apart. New York: International Universities Press.
23. Karjalainen, S. (2007). Eating patterns, diet and dental caries. Dental Update, 34, 295-298.
24. Kendler, K.S., Thornton, L.M., & Pedersen, N.L. (2000). Tobacco consumption in Swedish twins reared apart and reared together. Archives of General Psychiatry, 57, 886-892.
25. Kervinen, K., Kaprio, J., Koskenvuo, M., Juntunen, J., & Kesaniemi, Y.A. (1998). Serum lipids and apolipoprotein E phenotypes in identical twins reared apart. Clinical Genetics, 53, 191-199.
26. Kim, Y.-H., Peng, S., & Chiu, C.-Y. (2008). Explaining self-esteem differences between Chinese and North Americans: Dialectical self (vs. self-consistency) or lack of positive self-regard. Self and Identity, 7(2), 113-128.
27. Kitayama, S., & Uchida, Y. (2003). Explicit self-criticism and implicit self-regard: Evaluating self and friend in two cultures. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 39, 476-482.
28. Knaapila, A., Tuorila, H., Silventoinen, K., Wright, M.J., Kyvik, K.O., Keskitalo, K. et al. (2008). Genetic and environmental contributions to perceived intensity and pleasantness of androstenone odor: An international twin study. Chemosensory Perception, 1(1), 35-42.
29. Machin, G.A., & Keith, L.G. (1999). An atlas of multiple pregnancy. New York: Parthenon.
30. Maes, H.M., Neale, M.C., & Eaves, L.J. (1997). Genetic and environmental factors in relative body weight and human adiposity. Behavior Genetics, 27, 325-351.
31. Markus, H., & Kitayama, S. (1991). Culture and the self: Implications for cognition, emotion, and motivation. Psychological Review, 98, 224-253.
32. McGuire, S., Neiderhauser, J.M., Reiss, D., Hetherington, E.M., & Plomin, R. (1994). Genetic and environmental influences on perceptions of self-worth and competence in adolescence: A twin study of twins, full siblings, and step-siblings. Child Development, 65, 785-799.
33. Neiderhauser, J.M., & McGuire, S. (1994). Competence during middle childhood. In J.C. DeFries, R. Plomin, & D.W. Fulker (Eds.), Nature and nurture during middle childhood (pp. 141-151). Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.
34. Newman, H.N., Freeman, F.N., & Holzinger, K.J. (1937). Twins: A study of heredity and environment. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
35. Plomin, R., DeFries, J.C., McClearn, G.E., & McGuffin, P. (2001). Behavioral genetics (4 th ed.). New York: Worth.
36. Ripatti, S., Gatz, M., Pedersen, N.L., & Palmgren, J. (2003). Three-state frailty model for age at onset of dementia and death in Swedish twins. Genetic Epidemiology, 24, 139-149.
37. Rosenberg, M. (1965). Society and the adolescent self-image. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
38. Segal, N.L. (2000). Entwined lives: Twins and what they tell us about human behavior. New York: Plume.
39. Segal, N.L. (2007). Indivisible by two: Lives of extraordinary twins. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
40. Segal, N.L., & Stohs, J.H. (2007). Resemblance for age at menarche in female twins reared apart and together. Human Biology, 79(6), 623-635.
41. Shields, J. (1962). Monozygotic twins: Brought up apart and together. London: Oxford University Press.
42. Smith, C.S., Reilly, C., & Midkiff, K. (1989). Evaluation of three circadian rhythm questionnaires with suggestions for an improved measure of morningness. Journal of Applied Psychology, 74, 728-738.
43. Spencer-Rodgers, J., Peing, K., Wang, L., & Hou, Y. (2004). Dialectical self-esteem and East-West differences in psychological well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 1416-1432.
44. Stubbe, J., Boomsma, D.I., & De Geus, E.J.C. (2005). Sports participation during adolescence: A shift from environmental to genetic factors. Medicine and Science in Sports and Medicine, 37, 563-570.
45. Treolar, S.A., Heath, A.C., & Martin, N.G. (2002). Genetic and environmental influences on premenstrual symptoms in an Australian twin sample. Psychological Medicine, 32, 25-38.
46. Treolar, S.A., & Martin, N.G. (1990). Age at menarche as a fitness trait: Nonadditive genetic variance detected in a large twin sample. American Journal of Human Genetics, 47, 137-148.
47. Vink, J.M., Groot, A.S., Kerkhof, G.A., & Boomsma, D.I. (2001). Genetic analysis of morningness and eveningness. Chronobiology International, 18(5), 809-822.
48. Wechsler, D. (1981). Wechsler adult intelligence scale-revised. New York: Psychological Corporation.
49. Ziegler, D.K., Hur, Y.M., Bouchard, T.J. Jr., Hassanein, R.S., & Barter, R. (1998). Migraine in twins raised together and apart. Headache, 38, 417-422.