Cross-Lagged Analysis of Interplay Between Differential Traits in Sibling Pairs: Validation and Application to Parenting Behavior and ADHD Symptomatology. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Understanding the factors that contribute to behavioral traits is a complex task, and partitioning variance into latent genetic and environmental components is a useful beginning, but it should not also be the end. Many constructs are influenced by their contextual milieu, and accounting for background effects (such as gene-environment correlation) is necessary to avoid bias. This study introduces a method for examining the interplay between traits, in a longitudinal design using differential items in sibling pairs. The model is validated via simulation and power analysis, and we conclude with an application to paternal praise and ADHD symptoms in a twin sample. The model can help identify what type of genetic and environmental interplay may contribute to the dynamic relationship between traits using a cross-lagged panel framework. Overall, it presents a way to estimate and explicate the developmental interplay between a set of traits, free from many common sources of bias.

published proceedings

  • Behav Genet

altmetric score

  • 1.25

author list (cited authors)

  • Moscati, A., Verhulst, B., McKee, K., Silberg, J., & Eaves, L.

citation count

  • 7

complete list of authors

  • Moscati, Arden||Verhulst, Brad||McKee, Kevin||Silberg, Judy||Eaves, Lindon

publication date

  • January 2018