The Relationship Code: Deciphering Genetic and Social Influences on Adolescent Development (Adolescent Lives)

Reiss, David, Plomin, Robert, Neiderhiser, Jenae M., Hetherington, E. Mavis

ISBN 10: 0674000544 / ISBN 13: 9780674000544

Published by Harvard University Press, 2000

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Synopsis:

This work is the report of a longitudinal study, conducted over a ten year period, of the influence of family relationships and genetic factors on competence and psychopathology in adolescent development. The sample for this landmark study included 720 pairs of same-sex adolescent siblings - including twins, half siblings, and genetically unrelated siblings 0 and their parents. Using a clear expressive style, David Reiss and his coinvestigators identify specific mechanism that link genetic factors and the social environment in psychological development. They propose a striking hypothesis: family relationships are crucial to the expression of genetic influences on a broad array of complex behaviours in adolescents. Moreover, this role of family relationships may be very specific: some genetic factors are linked to mother-child relationships, other to father-child relations, some to relationship warmth,while others are linked to relationship conflict or control. The specificity of these links suggests that family relationships may constitute a code for translating genetic influences into the ontogeny of behaviours, a code every bit as important for behaviour as DNA-RNA.

Review: time...Rather than viewing genes and environment as independent factors, the authors view these forces as interdependent influences that respond to, anticipate, and influence each other as they unfold over time.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Relationship Code: Deciphering Genetic ...
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good