Annual Research Review: Towards a deeper understanding of nature and nurture: combining family‐based quasi‐experimental methods with genomic data

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Distinguishing between the effects of nature and nurture constitutes a major research goal for those interested in understanding human development. It is known, for example, that many parent traits predict mental health outcomes in children, but the causal processes underlying such associations are often unclear. Family-based quasi-experimental designs such as sibling comparison, adoption and extended family...