Research review: The shared environment as a key source of variability in child and adolescent psychopathology

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 304-312

  Alexandra, S Burt ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

externalizing; genetically informed studies; genetics; internalizing; Shared environment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SIBLING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FAMILY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84897567092     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12173     Document Type: Review

References (48)

1. Bartels, M., van den Oord, E.J.C.G., Hudziak, J.J., Rietveld, M.J.H., van Beijsterveldt, C.E.M., &, Boomsma, D.I., (2004). Genetic and environmental mechanisms underlying stability and change in problem behaviors at ages 3, 7, 10, and 12. Developmental Psychology, 40, 852-867.
2. van Beijsterveldt, C.E.M., Bartels, M., Hudziak, J.J., &, Boomsma, D.I., (2003). Causes of stability of aggression from early childhood to adolescence: A longitudinal genetic analysis in Dutch twins. Behavior Genetics, 33, 591-605.
3. Bergen, S.E., Gardner, C.O., &, Kendler, K.S., (2007). Age-related changes in heritability of behavioral phenotypes over adolescence and young adulthood: A meta-analysis. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 10, 423-433.
4. Boomsma, D.I., van Beijsterveldt, C.E.M., &, Hudziak, J.J., (2005). Genetic and environmental influences on anxious/depression during childhood: A study from the Netherlands Twin Register. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 4, 466-481.
5. Brown, G.W., &, Harris, T., (1978). Social origins of depression: A study of psychiatric disorder in women. New York: Free Press.
6. Buchanan, J.P., McGue, M., Keyes, M.A., &, Iacono, W.G., (2009). Are there shared environmental influences on adolescent behavior? Evidence from a study of adoptive siblings Behavior Genetics, 39, 532-540.
7. Burt, S.A., (2009). Rethinking environmental contributions to child and adolescent psychopathology: A meta-analysis of shared environmental influences. Psychological Bulletin, 135, 608-637.
8. Burt, S.A., (2010). Are there shared environmental influences on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? Reply to Wood, Buitelaar, Rijsdijk, Asherson, and Kuntsi (2010). Psychological Bulletin, 136, 341-343.
9. Burt, S.A., Barnes, A.R., McGue, M., &, Iacono, W.G., (2008). Parental divorce and adolescent delinquency: Ruling out the impact of common genes. Developmental Psychology, 44, 1668-1677.
10. Burt, S.A., Klahr, A.M., &, Klump, K.L., (2012). Do non-shared environmental influences persist over time? An examination of minutes. Behavior Genetics, 42, 922-923.
11. Burt, S.A., Krueger, R.F., McGue, M., &, Iacono, W.G., (2003). Parent-child conflict and the comorbidity among childhood externalizing disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry, 60, 505-513.
12. Burt, S.A., McGue, M., &, Iacono, W.G., (2009). Non-shared environmental mediation of the association between deviant peer affiliation and adolescent externalizing behaviors over time: Results from a cross-lagged monozygotic twin differences design. Developmental Psychology, 45, 1752-1760.
13. Burt, S.A., McGue, M., &, Iacono, W.G., (2010). Environmental contributions to the stability of antisocial behavior over time: Are they shared or non-shared? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38, 327-337.
14. Burt, S.A., McGue, M., Iacono, W.G., &, Krueger, R.F., (2006). Differential parent-child relationships and adolescent externalizing symptoms: Cross-lagged analyses within a twin differences design. Developmental Psychology, 42, 1289-1298.
15. Burt, S.A., McGue, M., Krueger, R.F., &, Iacono, W.G., (2007). Environmental contributions to adolescent delinquency: A fresh look at the shared environment. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 787-800.
16. Coventry, W.L., &, Keller, M.C., (2005). Estimating the extent of parameter bias in the classical twin design: A comparison of parameter estimates from extended twin-family and classical twin designs. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 8, 214-223.
17. Derks, E.M., Hudziak, J.J., van Beijsterveldt, C.E.M., Dolan, C.V., &, Boomsma, D.I., (2004). A study of genetic and environmental influences on maternal and paternal CBCL syndrome scores in a large sample of 3-year-old Dutch twins. Behavior Genetics, 34, 571-583.
18. Dishion, T.J., Andrews, D.W., &, Crosby, L., (1995). Antisocial boys and their friends in early adolescence: Relationship characteristics, quality, and interactional process. Child Development, 66, 139-151.
19. D'onofrio, B.M., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R.E., Maes, H.H., Silberg, J.L., &, Eaves, L.J., (2007). A children of twins study of parental divorce and offspring psychopathology. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 667-675.
20. D'onofrio, B.M., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R.E., Slutske, W.S., Heath, A.C., Madden, P.A.F., &, Martin, N.G., (2005). A genetically informed study of marital instability and its association with offspring psychopathology. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 114, 570-586.
21. Fowler, P.F., Tompsett, C.J., Braciszewski, J.M., Jacques-Tiura, A.J., &, Baltes, B.B., (2009). Community violence: A meta-analysis on the effect of exposure and mental health outcomes of children and adolescents. Development and Psychopathology, 21, 227-259.
22. Gorman-Smith, D., Tolan, P.H., &, Henry, D., (2000). A developmental-ecological model of the relation of family functioning to patterns of delinquency. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 16, 169-198.
23. Gorman-Smith, D., Tolan, P.H., Loeber, R., &, Henry, D., (1998). Relation of family problems to patterns of delinquenct involvement among urban youth. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 26, 319-333.
24. Jaffee, S.R., Strait, L.B., &, Odgers, C.L., (2012). From correlates to causes: Can quasi-experimental studies and statistical innovations bring us closer to identifying the causes of antisocial behavior? Psychological Bulletin, 138, 272-295.
25. Keller, M.C., &, Coventry, W.L., (2005). Quantifying and addressing parameter indeterminacy in the classical twin design. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 8, 201-213.
26. Keller, M.C., &, Medland, S.E., (2008). Evaluation of the cascade model-a new extended twin family model. Louisville, KY: Behavioral Genetics Association.
27. Keller, M.C., Medland, S.E., &, Duncan, L.E., (2010). Are extended twin family designs worth the trouble? A comparison of the bias, precision, and accurracy of parameters estimated in four twin family models. Behavior Genetics, 40, 377-393.
28. Klump, K.L., Burt, S.A., McGue, M., &, Iacono, W.G., (2007). Changes in genetic and environmental influences on disordered eating across adolescence: A longitudinal twin study. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 1409-1415.
29. Leventhal, T., &, Brooks-Gunn, J., (2000). The neighborhoods they live in: The effects of neighborhood residence on child and adolescent outcomes. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 309-337.
30. Martin, N.G., Eaves, L.J., Kearsey, M.J., &, Davies, P., (1978). The power of the classical twin study. Heredity, 40, 97-116.
31. McGue, M., Bouchard, T.J.J., Iacono, W.G., &, Lykken, D.T., (1993). Behavior genetics of cognitive ability: A life-span perspective. Washington, D.C.: American Psycological Association.
32. McGue, M., Keyes, M., Sharma, A., Elkins, I., Legrand, L., Johnson, W., &, Iacono, W.G., (2007). The environment of adopted and non-adopted youth: Evidence of range restriction from the Sibling Interaction and Behavior Study (SIBS). Behavioral Genetics, 37, 449-462.
33. McGue, M., Sharma, A., &, Benson, P., (1996). The effect of common rearing on adolescent adjustment: Evidence from a U.S. adoption cohort. Developmental Psychology, 32, 604-613.
34. Neale, M.C., Boker, S.M., Xie, G., &, Maes, H.H., (2003). Mx: Statistical modeling (6th edn). Richmond, VA: Department of Psychiatry.
35. O'Connor, T.G., Caspi, A., Defries, J.C., &, Plomin, R., (2000). Are associations between parental divorce and children's adjustment genetically mediated? An adoption study. Developmental Psychology, 36, 429-437.
36. Pike, A., McGuire, S., Hetherington, E.M., Reiss, D., &, Plomin, R., (1996). Family environment and adolescent depressive symptoms and antisocial behavior: A multivariate genetic analysis. Developmental Psychology, 32, 590-603.
37. Plomin, R., &, Daniels, D., (1987). Why are children in the same family so different from one another? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10, 1-60.
38. Plomin, R., Defries, J.C., Knopik, V.S., &, Neiderhiser, J.M., (2012). Behavioral genetics. New York: Worth Publishers.
39. Purcell, S., (2002). Variance components model for gene-environment interaction in twin analysis. Twin Research, 5, 554-571.
40. Rhee, S.H., Hewitt, J.K., Young, S.E., Corley, R.P., Crowley, T.J., &, Stallings, M.C., (2003). Genetic and environmental influences on substance initiation, use, and problem use in adolescents. Archives of General Psychiatry, 60, 1256-1264.
41. Rhee, S., &, Waldman, I.D., (2002). Genetic and environmental influences on antisocial behavior: A meta-analysis of twin and adoption studies. Psychological Bulletin, 128, 490-529.
42. Rietveld, M.J.H., Hudziak, J.J., Bartels, M., van Beijsterveldt, C.E.M., &, Boomsma, D.I., (2003). Heritability of attention problems in children: I. Cross-sectional results from a study of twins, age 3-12 years. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 117, 102-113.
43. Rutter, M., Pickles, A., Murray, R., &, Eaves, L., (2001). Testing hypotheses on specific environmental causal effects on behavior. Psychological Bulletin, 127, 291-324.
44. Rutter, M., Silberg, J., O'connor, T.J., &, Simonoff, E., (1999). Genetics and child psychiatry: I Advances in quantitative and molecular genetics. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 40, 3-18.
45. Sampson, R.J., Raudenbush, S.W., &, Earls, F.J., (1997). Neighborhoods and violent crime: A multilevel study of collective efficacy. Science, 277, 918-924.
46. Scarr, S., &, McCartney, K., (1983). How people make their own environments: A theory of genotype-environment effects. Child Development, 54, 424-435.
47. Stoolmiller, M., (1998). Correcting estimates of shared environmental variance for range restriction in adoption studies using a truncated multivariate normal model. Behavior Genetics, 28, 429-441.
48. Turkheimer, E., &, Waldron, M., (2000). Nonshared environment: A theoretical, methodological, and quantitative review. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 78-108.