Cheung, Rachael W orcid.org/0000-0001-5207-240X, Austerberry, Chloe, Fearon, Pasco et al. (7 more authors) (2023) Disentangling genetic and environmental influences on early language development:The interplay of genetic propensity for negative emotionality and surgency, and parenting behavior effects on early language skills in an adoption study. Child Development. ISSN 0009-3920
Abstract
Parenting and children's temperament are important influences on language development. However, temperament may reflect prior parenting, and parenting effects may reflect genes common to parents and children. In 561 U.S. adoptees (57% male) and their birth and rearing parents (70% and 92% White, 13% and 4% African American, and 7% and 2% Latinx, respectively), this study demonstrated how genetic propensity for temperament affects language development, and how this relates to parenting. Genetic propensity for negative emotionality inversely predicted language at 27 months (β = -.15) and evoked greater maternal warmth (β = .12), whereas propensity for surgency positively predicted language at 4.5 years (β = .20), especially when warmth was low. Parental warmth (β = .15) and sensitivity (β = .19) further contributed to language development, controlling for common gene effects.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Authors. Child Development published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Research in Child Development. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Health Sciences (York) The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Archaeology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2023 11:00 |
Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2025 00:52 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14021 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/cdev.14021 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:205377 |
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