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The Relationship between Parent-Child Conflict and Adolescent Antisocial Behavior: Confirming Shared Environmental Mediation
Journal of abnormal child psychology, 2011Co-Authors: Ashlea M. Klahr, William G. Iacono, Matt Mcgue, Martha A. Rueter, S. Alexandra BurtAbstract:Prior studies have indicated that the relationship between Parent-Child Conflict and adolescent antisocial behavior is at least partially shared environmental in origin. However, all available research on this topic (to our knowledge) relies exclusively on parent and/or adolescent informant-reports, both of which are subject to various forms of rater bias. As the presence of significant shared environmental effects has often been attributed to rater bias in the past (Baker et al. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 16:219–235, 2007; Bartels et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 42:1351–1359, 2003, Twin Research 7:162–175, 2004; Hewitt et al. Behavior Genetics 22:293–317, 1992), it would be important to confirm that findings of shared environmental mediation persist when even examining (presumably more objective) observer-ratings of these constructs. The current study thus examined the origins of the relationship between Parent-Child Conflict and adolescent acting-out behavior, as measured using both observer-ratings and various informant-reports. Participants included 1,199 adopted and non-adopted adolescents in 610 families from the Sibling Interaction and Behavior Study (SIBS). Results indicated that Parent-Child Conflict consistently predicts acting-out behavior in adopted adolescents, and moreover, that this association is equivalent to that in biologically-related adolescents. Most importantly, these findings did not vary across parent- and adolescent-reported or observer-ratings of Parent-Child Conflict and acting-out behavior. Such findings argue strongly against rater bias as a primary explanation of shared environmental mediation of the association between Parent-Child Conflict and adolescent antisocial behavior.
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The association between Parent-Child Conflict and adolescent conduct problems over time: results from a longitudinal adoption study.
Journal of abnormal psychology, 2011Co-Authors: Ashlea M. Klahr, William G. Iacono, Matt Mcgue, S. Alexandra BurtAbstract:A handful of prior adoption studies have confirmed that the cross-sectional relationship between child conduct problems and parent/child Conflict is at least partially shared environmental in origin. However, as the direction of causation between parenting and delinquency remains unclear, this relationship could be better explained by the adolescent's propensity to elicit Conflictive parenting, a phenomenon referred to as an evocative gene-environment correlation. The current study thus examined the prospective relationship between conduct problems and Parent-Child Conflict in a sample of adoptive families. Participants included 672 adolescents in 405 adoptive families assessed at two time points roughly 4 years apart. Results indicated that Parent-Child Conflict predicts the development of conduct problems, whereas conduct problems do not predict increases in Parent-Child Conflict. Such findings suggest that evocative gene-environment correlations are highly unlikely as an explanation of prior shared environmental effects during adolescence. Moreover, because the adolescents in this study do not share genes with their adoptive parents, the association between conduct problems and Parent-Child Conflict is indicative of shared environmental mediation in particular. Implications of our findings are discussed.
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The association between parent–child Conflict and adolescent conduct problems over time: Results from a longitudinal adoption study.
Journal of abnormal psychology, 2011Co-Authors: Ashlea M. Klahr, William G. Iacono, Matt Mcgue, S. Alexandra BurtAbstract:A handful of prior adoption studies have confirmed that the cross-sectional relationship between child conduct problems and parent/child Conflict is at least partially shared environmental in origin. However, as the direction of causation between parenting and delinquency remains unclear, this relationship could be better explained by the adolescent's propensity to elicit Conflictive parenting, a phenomenon referred to as an evocative gene-environment correlation. The current study thus examined the prospective relationship between conduct problems and Parent-Child Conflict in a sample of adoptive families. Participants included 672 adolescents in 405 adoptive families assessed at two time points roughly 4 years apart. Results indicated that Parent-Child Conflict predicts the development of conduct problems, whereas conduct problems do not predict increases in Parent-Child Conflict. Such findings suggest that evocative gene-environment correlations are highly unlikely as an explanation of prior shared environmental effects during adolescence. Moreover, because the adolescents in this study do not share genes with their adoptive parents, the association between conduct problems and Parent-Child Conflict is indicative of shared environmental mediation in particular. Implications of our findings are discussed.
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A longitudinal investigation of the relationship between disordered eating attitudes and behaviors and Parent-Child Conflict: a monozygotic twin differences design.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2010Co-Authors: Alexia Spanos, Kelly L. Klump, S. Alexandra Burt, Matt Mcgue, William G. IaconoAbstract:Twin studies suggest 50–60% of the variance in eating disorders is accounted for by genetic factors, with the remaining variance accounted for by nonshared environmental influences (Bulik, Sullivan, & Kendler, 1998; Bulik, Sullivan, Wade, & Kendler, 2000; Kendler et al., 1991; Keski-Rahkonen et al., 2005; Klump, Kaye, & Strober, 2001; Klump, Miller, Keel, McGue, & Iacono, 2001; Wade, Bulik, Neale, & Kendler, 2000). Indeed, a longitudinal study using twins from the Minnesota Twin Family Study (MTFS) (Klump, Burt, McGue, & Iacono, 2007) found nonshared environmental factors accounted for 44–54% of the variance in disordered eating across adolescence. Despite the large percentage of variance accounted for by the nonshared environment, specific nonshared environmental factors remain understudied (Klump, Wonderlich, Lehoux, Lilenfeld, & Bulik, 2002). The most powerful design for identifying nonshared environmental factors is the discordant monozygotic (MZ) twin study. This method compares environmental risk factors in MZ twins who are discordant (i.e., one twin is affected while the other is unaffected) for disordered eating. Discordant MZ twin studies provide an ideal opportunity to study nonshared environmental effects, as reared together MZ twins share 100% of their genes and shared environmental influences. Thus, co-twin discordance must be due to nonshared environmental factors (or measurement error) (Plomin, DeFries, McClearn, & McGuffin, 2001). Two discordant MZ twin studies have examined nonshared environment in eating disorders. In both studies, differential parental treatment was identified as an important nonshared environmental factor for eating pathology. Specifically, Bulik, Wade and Kendler (2001) found MZ twins with bulimia nervosa (BN) reported greater overall family Conflict than their co-twins. Given the twins lived in the same household, perceptions of their family environment may differ. Similarly, Wade, Gillespie and Martin (2007) found MZ twins with BN reported higher levels of Parent-Child Conflict than unaffected co-twins. Despite the consistency of results, these studies had key limitations. First, sample sizes in both studies were small (N = 14–20 twin pairs). Small sample sizes limit statistical power and increase the potential for sampling errors, limiting the generalizability of findings. Second, both studies examined cross-sectional data, therefore, it remains unclear whether differential Parent-Child relationships contribute to twin differences in eating disturbances, or result from twin differences in eating pathology (e.g., a twin’s repeated self-induced vomiting causes increased Parent-Child Conflict). Finally, previous studies relied on retrospective reports in which adult twins were asked about their relationship with their parents during childhood and adolescence. This is problematic, given the decreased reliability of retrospective reports as a result of deterioration of memories, hindsight bias, and recall bias (Hardt & Rutter, 2004). In eating disorders, retrospective reports may be biased toward reporting more negative Parent-Child interactions as a result of a tendency to attribute current problems to past events (Hardt & Rutter, 2004). The present study sought to extend prior research via a prospective longitudinal MZ twin differences design, examining Parent-Child Conflict as a nonshared environmental influence on disordered eating attitudes and behaviors. Using data from the MTFS (see Klump et al., 2007), we examined MZ twins who reported disordered eating attitudes and behaviors and Conflict with parents at ages 11, 14 and 17. We hypothesized MZ twins with greater Parent-Child Conflict would report more disordered eating than their co-twin over time.
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How are Parent-Child Conflict and childhood externalizing symptoms related over time? Results from a genetically informative cross-lagged study.
Development and psychopathology, 2005Co-Authors: S. Alexandra Burt, Matt Mcgue, Robert F. Krueger, William G. IaconoAbstract:The present study attempted to determine the direction and etiology of the robust relationship between childhood externalizing (EXT) symptoms and Parent-Child Conflict using a genetically informative longitudinal model and data from the ongoing Minnesota Twin Family Study. Participants consisted of 1,506 same-sex twins assessed at ages 11 and 14, and their parents. The relationship between EXT and Parent-Child Conflict from ages 11 to 14 was examined within a biometrical cross-lagged design. The results revealed three primary findings: first, the stability of Conflict and externalizing over time is largely, although not solely, a result of genetic factors. Second, there appears to be a bidirectional relationship between Conflict and EXT over time, such that both Conflict and EXT at 11 independently predict the other 3 years later. Finally, the results are consistent with the notion that Parent-Child Conflict partially results from parental responses to their child's heritable externalizing behavior, while simultaneously contributing to child externalizing via environmental mechanisms. These results suggest a "downward spiral" of interplay between Parent-Child Conflict and EXT, and offer confirmation of a (partially) environmentally mediated effect of parenting on child behavior.
William G. Iacono - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Parent-Child Conflict and Child Depression Through Late Adolescence.
Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology American Psycho, 2016Co-Authors: Diana R Samek, Matt Mcgue, Sylia Wilson, William G. IaconoAbstract:Few studies have investigated potential gender differences in the genetic and environmental influences on the prospective associations between Parent-Child Conflict and later depression, a notable gap given substantial gender differences in rates of depression and suggestive evidence of differences in the etiology of depression among females and males. To fill this gap, we evaluated whether the prospective relationship between Parent-Child Conflict and major depressive disorder symptoms varied as a function of Parent-Child gender composition. A combined twin and adoption sample was used (53% female; 85% European ancestry), containing 1,627 adolescent sibling pairs (789 monozygotic twin pairs, 594 dizygotic/full-biological pairs, 244 genetically unrelated pairs) with assessments at two time points in adolescence (approximate ages 15 and 18). Prospective associations between Parent-Child Conflict and subsequent adolescent depression were explained predominately through common genetic influences for mother-daughter and mother-son pairs but less so for father-daughter and father-son pairs. Results support the notion that processes of gene-environment correlation involved in the prospective associations between Parent-Child Conflict, and later adolescent depression appear to be less relevant to father-child relationships in comparison to mother-child relationships. Notably, results did not show that Parent-Child Conflict was more relevant to the etiology of major depressive disorder (MDD) for girls than boys; gender differences in depression do not appear to be due to differences in the associations between Parent-Child Conflict and child depression.
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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Parent–Child Conflict and Child Depression Through Late Adolescence
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2016Co-Authors: Diana R Samek, Matt Mcgue, Sylia Wilson, William G. IaconoAbstract:Few studies have investigated potential gender differences in the genetic and environmental influences on the prospective associations between Parent-Child Conflict and later depression, a notable gap given substantial gender differences in rates of depression and suggestive evidence of differences in the etiology of depression among females and males. To fill this gap, we evaluated whether the prospective relationship between Parent-Child Conflict and major depressive disorder symptoms varied as a function of Parent-Child gender composition. A combined twin and adoption sample was used (53% female; 85% European ancestry), containing 1,627 adolescent sibling pairs (789 monozygotic twin pairs, 594 dizygotic/full-biological pairs, 244 genetically unrelated pairs) with assessments at two time points in adolescence (approximate ages 15 and 18). Prospective associations between Parent-Child Conflict and subsequent adolescent depression were explained predominately through common genetic influences for mother-daughter and mother-son pairs but less so for father-daughter and father-son pairs. Results support the notion that processes of gene-environment correlation involved in the prospective associations between Parent-Child Conflict, and later adolescent depression appear to be less relevant to father-child relationships in comparison to mother-child relationships. Notably, results did not show that Parent-Child Conflict was more relevant to the etiology of major depressive disorder (MDD) for girls than boys; gender differences in depression do not appear to be due to differences in the associations between Parent-Child Conflict and child depression.
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The Relationship between Parent-Child Conflict and Adolescent Antisocial Behavior: Confirming Shared Environmental Mediation
Journal of abnormal child psychology, 2011Co-Authors: Ashlea M. Klahr, William G. Iacono, Matt Mcgue, Martha A. Rueter, S. Alexandra BurtAbstract:Prior studies have indicated that the relationship between Parent-Child Conflict and adolescent antisocial behavior is at least partially shared environmental in origin. However, all available research on this topic (to our knowledge) relies exclusively on parent and/or adolescent informant-reports, both of which are subject to various forms of rater bias. As the presence of significant shared environmental effects has often been attributed to rater bias in the past (Baker et al. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 16:219–235, 2007; Bartels et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 42:1351–1359, 2003, Twin Research 7:162–175, 2004; Hewitt et al. Behavior Genetics 22:293–317, 1992), it would be important to confirm that findings of shared environmental mediation persist when even examining (presumably more objective) observer-ratings of these constructs. The current study thus examined the origins of the relationship between Parent-Child Conflict and adolescent acting-out behavior, as measured using both observer-ratings and various informant-reports. Participants included 1,199 adopted and non-adopted adolescents in 610 families from the Sibling Interaction and Behavior Study (SIBS). Results indicated that Parent-Child Conflict consistently predicts acting-out behavior in adopted adolescents, and moreover, that this association is equivalent to that in biologically-related adolescents. Most importantly, these findings did not vary across parent- and adolescent-reported or observer-ratings of Parent-Child Conflict and acting-out behavior. Such findings argue strongly against rater bias as a primary explanation of shared environmental mediation of the association between Parent-Child Conflict and adolescent antisocial behavior.
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The association between Parent-Child Conflict and adolescent conduct problems over time: results from a longitudinal adoption study.
Journal of abnormal psychology, 2011Co-Authors: Ashlea M. Klahr, William G. Iacono, Matt Mcgue, S. Alexandra BurtAbstract:A handful of prior adoption studies have confirmed that the cross-sectional relationship between child conduct problems and parent/child Conflict is at least partially shared environmental in origin. However, as the direction of causation between parenting and delinquency remains unclear, this relationship could be better explained by the adolescent's propensity to elicit Conflictive parenting, a phenomenon referred to as an evocative gene-environment correlation. The current study thus examined the prospective relationship between conduct problems and Parent-Child Conflict in a sample of adoptive families. Participants included 672 adolescents in 405 adoptive families assessed at two time points roughly 4 years apart. Results indicated that Parent-Child Conflict predicts the development of conduct problems, whereas conduct problems do not predict increases in Parent-Child Conflict. Such findings suggest that evocative gene-environment correlations are highly unlikely as an explanation of prior shared environmental effects during adolescence. Moreover, because the adolescents in this study do not share genes with their adoptive parents, the association between conduct problems and Parent-Child Conflict is indicative of shared environmental mediation in particular. Implications of our findings are discussed.
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The association between parent–child Conflict and adolescent conduct problems over time: Results from a longitudinal adoption study.
Journal of abnormal psychology, 2011Co-Authors: Ashlea M. Klahr, William G. Iacono, Matt Mcgue, S. Alexandra BurtAbstract:A handful of prior adoption studies have confirmed that the cross-sectional relationship between child conduct problems and parent/child Conflict is at least partially shared environmental in origin. However, as the direction of causation between parenting and delinquency remains unclear, this relationship could be better explained by the adolescent's propensity to elicit Conflictive parenting, a phenomenon referred to as an evocative gene-environment correlation. The current study thus examined the prospective relationship between conduct problems and Parent-Child Conflict in a sample of adoptive families. Participants included 672 adolescents in 405 adoptive families assessed at two time points roughly 4 years apart. Results indicated that Parent-Child Conflict predicts the development of conduct problems, whereas conduct problems do not predict increases in Parent-Child Conflict. Such findings suggest that evocative gene-environment correlations are highly unlikely as an explanation of prior shared environmental effects during adolescence. Moreover, because the adolescents in this study do not share genes with their adoptive parents, the association between conduct problems and Parent-Child Conflict is indicative of shared environmental mediation in particular. Implications of our findings are discussed.
Matt Mcgue - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Parent-Child Conflict and Child Depression Through Late Adolescence.
Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology American Psycho, 2016Co-Authors: Diana R Samek, Matt Mcgue, Sylia Wilson, William G. IaconoAbstract:Few studies have investigated potential gender differences in the genetic and environmental influences on the prospective associations between Parent-Child Conflict and later depression, a notable gap given substantial gender differences in rates of depression and suggestive evidence of differences in the etiology of depression among females and males. To fill this gap, we evaluated whether the prospective relationship between Parent-Child Conflict and major depressive disorder symptoms varied as a function of Parent-Child gender composition. A combined twin and adoption sample was used (53% female; 85% European ancestry), containing 1,627 adolescent sibling pairs (789 monozygotic twin pairs, 594 dizygotic/full-biological pairs, 244 genetically unrelated pairs) with assessments at two time points in adolescence (approximate ages 15 and 18). Prospective associations between Parent-Child Conflict and subsequent adolescent depression were explained predominately through common genetic influences for mother-daughter and mother-son pairs but less so for father-daughter and father-son pairs. Results support the notion that processes of gene-environment correlation involved in the prospective associations between Parent-Child Conflict, and later adolescent depression appear to be less relevant to father-child relationships in comparison to mother-child relationships. Notably, results did not show that Parent-Child Conflict was more relevant to the etiology of major depressive disorder (MDD) for girls than boys; gender differences in depression do not appear to be due to differences in the associations between Parent-Child Conflict and child depression.
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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Parent–Child Conflict and Child Depression Through Late Adolescence
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2016Co-Authors: Diana R Samek, Matt Mcgue, Sylia Wilson, William G. IaconoAbstract:Few studies have investigated potential gender differences in the genetic and environmental influences on the prospective associations between Parent-Child Conflict and later depression, a notable gap given substantial gender differences in rates of depression and suggestive evidence of differences in the etiology of depression among females and males. To fill this gap, we evaluated whether the prospective relationship between Parent-Child Conflict and major depressive disorder symptoms varied as a function of Parent-Child gender composition. A combined twin and adoption sample was used (53% female; 85% European ancestry), containing 1,627 adolescent sibling pairs (789 monozygotic twin pairs, 594 dizygotic/full-biological pairs, 244 genetically unrelated pairs) with assessments at two time points in adolescence (approximate ages 15 and 18). Prospective associations between Parent-Child Conflict and subsequent adolescent depression were explained predominately through common genetic influences for mother-daughter and mother-son pairs but less so for father-daughter and father-son pairs. Results support the notion that processes of gene-environment correlation involved in the prospective associations between Parent-Child Conflict, and later adolescent depression appear to be less relevant to father-child relationships in comparison to mother-child relationships. Notably, results did not show that Parent-Child Conflict was more relevant to the etiology of major depressive disorder (MDD) for girls than boys; gender differences in depression do not appear to be due to differences in the associations between Parent-Child Conflict and child depression.
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The Relationship between Parent-Child Conflict and Adolescent Antisocial Behavior: Confirming Shared Environmental Mediation
Journal of abnormal child psychology, 2011Co-Authors: Ashlea M. Klahr, William G. Iacono, Matt Mcgue, Martha A. Rueter, S. Alexandra BurtAbstract:Prior studies have indicated that the relationship between Parent-Child Conflict and adolescent antisocial behavior is at least partially shared environmental in origin. However, all available research on this topic (to our knowledge) relies exclusively on parent and/or adolescent informant-reports, both of which are subject to various forms of rater bias. As the presence of significant shared environmental effects has often been attributed to rater bias in the past (Baker et al. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 16:219–235, 2007; Bartels et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 42:1351–1359, 2003, Twin Research 7:162–175, 2004; Hewitt et al. Behavior Genetics 22:293–317, 1992), it would be important to confirm that findings of shared environmental mediation persist when even examining (presumably more objective) observer-ratings of these constructs. The current study thus examined the origins of the relationship between Parent-Child Conflict and adolescent acting-out behavior, as measured using both observer-ratings and various informant-reports. Participants included 1,199 adopted and non-adopted adolescents in 610 families from the Sibling Interaction and Behavior Study (SIBS). Results indicated that Parent-Child Conflict consistently predicts acting-out behavior in adopted adolescents, and moreover, that this association is equivalent to that in biologically-related adolescents. Most importantly, these findings did not vary across parent- and adolescent-reported or observer-ratings of Parent-Child Conflict and acting-out behavior. Such findings argue strongly against rater bias as a primary explanation of shared environmental mediation of the association between Parent-Child Conflict and adolescent antisocial behavior.
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The association between Parent-Child Conflict and adolescent conduct problems over time: results from a longitudinal adoption study.
Journal of abnormal psychology, 2011Co-Authors: Ashlea M. Klahr, William G. Iacono, Matt Mcgue, S. Alexandra BurtAbstract:A handful of prior adoption studies have confirmed that the cross-sectional relationship between child conduct problems and parent/child Conflict is at least partially shared environmental in origin. However, as the direction of causation between parenting and delinquency remains unclear, this relationship could be better explained by the adolescent's propensity to elicit Conflictive parenting, a phenomenon referred to as an evocative gene-environment correlation. The current study thus examined the prospective relationship between conduct problems and Parent-Child Conflict in a sample of adoptive families. Participants included 672 adolescents in 405 adoptive families assessed at two time points roughly 4 years apart. Results indicated that Parent-Child Conflict predicts the development of conduct problems, whereas conduct problems do not predict increases in Parent-Child Conflict. Such findings suggest that evocative gene-environment correlations are highly unlikely as an explanation of prior shared environmental effects during adolescence. Moreover, because the adolescents in this study do not share genes with their adoptive parents, the association between conduct problems and Parent-Child Conflict is indicative of shared environmental mediation in particular. Implications of our findings are discussed.
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The association between parent–child Conflict and adolescent conduct problems over time: Results from a longitudinal adoption study.
Journal of abnormal psychology, 2011Co-Authors: Ashlea M. Klahr, William G. Iacono, Matt Mcgue, S. Alexandra BurtAbstract:A handful of prior adoption studies have confirmed that the cross-sectional relationship between child conduct problems and parent/child Conflict is at least partially shared environmental in origin. However, as the direction of causation between parenting and delinquency remains unclear, this relationship could be better explained by the adolescent's propensity to elicit Conflictive parenting, a phenomenon referred to as an evocative gene-environment correlation. The current study thus examined the prospective relationship between conduct problems and Parent-Child Conflict in a sample of adoptive families. Participants included 672 adolescents in 405 adoptive families assessed at two time points roughly 4 years apart. Results indicated that Parent-Child Conflict predicts the development of conduct problems, whereas conduct problems do not predict increases in Parent-Child Conflict. Such findings suggest that evocative gene-environment correlations are highly unlikely as an explanation of prior shared environmental effects during adolescence. Moreover, because the adolescents in this study do not share genes with their adoptive parents, the association between conduct problems and Parent-Child Conflict is indicative of shared environmental mediation in particular. Implications of our findings are discussed.
Richard M. Lee - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Transitions in young adulthood: Exploring trajectories of parent–child Conflict during college.
Journal of counseling psychology, 2015Co-Authors: Sarah C. Nelson, Nazneen F. Bahrassa, Moin Syed, Richard M. LeeAbstract:This longitudinal study examined trajectories of Parent-Child Conflict from the perspective of young adults during their college years. Using group-based trajectory modeling, self-report data from 3 time points were analyzed and 4 Conflict trajectories emerged. The largest group of students (65%) had low, stable levels of Parent-Child Conflict. Ten percent of the sample reported increases in Parent-Child Conflict, and the remainder (25%) reported 1 of 2 patterns of decreasing Parent-Child Conflict. Students with at least 1 immigrant parent were more likely to experience changes in Parent-Child Conflict in contrast to peers with no immigrant parents. Contrary to our hypotheses, individuals in the groups in which Conflict was decreasing were more likely to experience psychological distress. Results are discussed in terms of implications for the heterogeneity of Conflict trajectories over time, particularly considering the contextual influence of immigrant family status.
Amy M. Smith Slep - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The reliability paradox of the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Corporal Punishment Subscale.
Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 2017Co-Authors: Michael F Lorber, Amy M. Smith SlepAbstract:In the present investigation we consider and explain an apparent paradox in the measurement of corporal punishment with the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS-PC): How can it have poor internal consistency and still be reliable? The CTS-PC was administered to a community sample of 453 opposite sex couples who were parents of 3- to 7-year-old children. Internal consistency was marginal, yet item response theory analyses revealed that reliability rose sharply with increasing corporal punishment, exceeding .80 in the upper ranges of the construct. The results suggest that the CTS-PC Corporal Punishment subscale reliably discriminates among parents who report average to high corporal punishment (64% of mothers and 56% of fathers in the present sample), despite low overall internal consistency. These results have straightforward implications for the use and reporting of the scale. (PsycINFO Database Record
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The Reliability Paradox of the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Corporal Punishment Subscale
2017Co-Authors: Michael F Lorber, Amy M. Smith SlepAbstract:Prepublication manuscript.In the present investigation we consider and explain an apparent paradox in the measurement of corporal punishment with the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS-PC): How can it have poor internal consistency and still be reliable? The CTS-PC was administered to a community sample of 453 opposite sex couples who were parents of 3- to 7-year-old children. Internal consistency was marginal, yet item response theory analyses revealed that reliability rose sharply with increasing corporal punishment, exceeding .80 in the upper ranges of the construct. The results suggest that the CTS-PC Corporal Punishment subscale reliably discriminates among parents who report average to high corporal punishment (64% of mothers and 56% of fathers in the present sample), despite low overall internal consistency. These results have straightforward implications for the use and reporting of the scale.
