Implications of the restricted range of family environments for estimates of heritability and nonshared environment in behavior-genetic adoption studies.

doi:10.1037/0033-2909.125.4.392

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Implications of the restricted range of family environments for estimates of heritability and nonshared environment in behavior-genetic adoption studies.

Psychological bulletin - 1 Jul 1999

Stoolmiller M

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Group and individual-difference adoption designs lead to opposite conclusions concerning the importance of shared environment (SE) for the child outcomes of IQ and antisocial behavior. This paradox could be due to the range restriction (RR) of family environments (FE) that goes with adoption studies. Measures of FE from 2 of the most recent adoption studies indicate that RR is substantial, about 67%, which...

Topics

Adoption
Adult
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Bias
Child
Family
Genetic Variation
Humans
Individuality
Intelligence
Models, Genetic
Social Environment

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PMID: 10414224
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.125.4.392

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