Genetic and Environmental Processes in Young Children's Resilience and Vulnerability to Socioeconomic Deprivation

Autor/inn/en	Kim-Cohen, Julia; Moffitt, Terrie E.; Caspi, Avshalom; Taylor, Alan
Titel	Genetic and Environmental Processes in Young Children's Resilience and Vulnerability to Socioeconomic Deprivation
Quelle	In: Child Development, 75 (2004) 3, S.651-668 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00699.x
Schlagwörter	Disadvantaged Environment; Young Children; Twins; Genetics; Nature Nurture Controversy; Personality Traits; Socioeconomic Influences; Environmental Influences; Adjustment (to Environment); Parent Child Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Twin; Zwilling; Humangenetik; Umweltdebatte; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	Some children exposed to socioeconomic (SES) deprivation are resilient and function better than expected, given the level of deprivation they have experienced. The present study tested genetic and environmental contributions to young children's resilience and vulnerability to SES deprivation. Children's resilience was assessed by the difference between their actual score and the score predicted by their level of SES deprivation in the E-Risk Study, an epidemiological cohort of 1,116 five-year-old twin pairs. Consistent with previous research, results showed that maternal warmth, stimulating activities, and children's outgoing temperament appeared to promote positive adjustment in children exposed to SES deprivation. Findings add new information by demonstrating that resilience is partly heritable and that protective processes operate through both genetic and environmental effects. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10