Adoptive parent hostility and children's peer behavior problems: Examining the role of genetically informed child attributes on adoptive parent behavior

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1543-1552

  Elam, Kit K ^a   Harold, Gordon T ^b   Neiderhiser, Jenae M ^c   Reiss, David ^d   Shaw, Daniel S ^e   Natsuaki, Misaki N ^f   Gaysina, Darya ^b   Barrett, Doug ^g   Leve, Leslie D ^h  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child peer behavior; Genotype environment correlation; Hostile parenting; Toddler low social motivation

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922279637     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035470     Document Type: Article

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