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Parental criticism and adolescent internalising symptoms: using a Children-of-Twins design with power calculations to account for genetic influence.
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 May 2022
Ahmadzadeh Yasmin I, Eley Thalia C, Hannigan Laurie, Creswell Cathy, Lichtenstein Paul, Spotts Erica, Ganiban Jody, Neiderhiser Jenae, Rijsdijk Fruhling, McAdams Tom A
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BACKGROUND: Parental criticism is correlated with internalising symptoms in adolescent offspring. This correlation could in part reflect their genetic relatedness, if the same genes influence behaviours in both parents and offspring. We use a Children-of-Twins design to assess whether parent-reported criticism and offspring internalising symptoms remain associated after controlling for shared genes. To aid...
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