BACKGROUND: Negative parenting practices may be an environmental risk factor for subsequent conduct problems. Research on the association between parenting practices and callous-unemotional traits, a risk factor for conduct problems, has produced mixed findings. AIMS: To investigate whether negative parental discipline is a non-shared environmental risk factor for the development of conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits. METHOD: Longitudinal, multi-informant data from a community sample of twins were analysed using the monozygotic (MZ) twin differences design for 4508 twins (2254 twin pairs). RESULTS: Within MZ twin pairs, the twin receiving more negative parental discipline at 7 years had more conduct problems (but not more callous-unemotional traits) at 12 years. CONCLUSIONS: During the transition to early adolescence, negative parental discipline operates as a non-shared environmental risk factor for development of conduct problems, but not for the development of callous-unemotional traits.
BACKGROUND: Negative parenting practices may be an environmental risk factor for subsequent conduct problems. Research on the association between parenting practices and callous-unemotional traits, a risk factor for conduct problems, has produced mixed findings. AIMS: To investigate whether negative parental discipline is a non-shared environmental risk factor for the development of conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits. METHOD: Longitudinal, multi-informant data from a community sample of twins were analysed using the monozygotic (MZ) twin differences design for 4508 twins (2254 twin pairs). RESULTS: Within MZ twin pairs, the twin receiving more negative parental discipline at 7 years had more conduct problems (but not more callous-unemotional traits) at 12 years. CONCLUSIONS: During the transition to early adolescence, negative parental discipline operates as a non-shared environmental risk factor for development of conduct problems, but not for the development of callous-unemotional traits.
Authors: Paulo A Graziano; Gregory Fabiano; Michael T Willoughby; Daniel Waschbusch; Karen Morris; Nicole Schatz; Rebecca Vujnovic Journal: Child Psychiatry Hum Dev Date: 2017-02
Authors: Luke W Hyde; Rebecca Waller; Christopher J Trentacosta; Daniel S Shaw; Jenae M Neiderhiser; Jody M Ganiban; David Reiss; Leslie D Leve Journal: Am J Psychiatry Date: 2016-04-08 Impact factor: 18.112