Abstract

The primary objective of is to assess genetic and environmental influences on individual differences in behavioral development. The study includes 245 adoptive families, including biological parents, adoptive parents, and their children (probands and siblings), as well as 245 matched """"""""control"""""""" (nonadoptive) families. The children are studied in their homes at ages 1, 2, 3, and 4; in the laboratory at 7, 12, and 16; and via telephone at 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15. By the end of the current funding period we will have completed testing of adopted and non-adopted probands and their siblings through age 16. In addition, we have been testing a longitudinal sample of 385 twin pairs at the same ages. The proposed continuation of HD-10333 will complete the assessment of these twin pairs through age 16. ? ? The unique combination of the longitudinal adoption design and the longitudinal study of twins greatly strengthens the scope and power of inference regarding developmental processes, exploiting the advantages of each approach and minimizing their limitations. This final proposed continuation of HD-10333 will reap the harvest from this landmark study of child development, with important implications for education, mental health, and childrearing practices. ? ?

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HD010333-30
Application #
7074839
Study Section
Social Sciences, Nursing, Epidemiology and Methods 4 (SNEM)
Program Officer
Freund, Lisa S
Project Start
1977-04-01
Project End
2008-05-31
Budget Start
2006-06-01
Budget End
2008-05-31
Support Year
30
Fiscal Year
2006
Total Cost
$229,677
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Colorado at Boulder
Department
Genetics
Type
Other Domestic Higher Education
DUNS #
007431505
City
Boulder
State
CO
Country
United States
Zip Code
80309

  Publications

Ricker, Ashley A; Corley, Robin; DeFries, John C et al. (2018) Examining the influence of perceived stress on developmental change in memory and perceptual speed for adopted and nonadopted individuals. Dev Psychol 54:138-150
Hatoum, Alexander S; Rhee, Soo Hyun; Corley, Robin P et al. (2018) Etiology of Stability and Growth of Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems Across Childhood and Adolescence. Behav Genet 48:298-314
Hatoum, Alexander S; Rhee, Soo Hyun; Corley, Robin P et al. (2018) Do executive functions explain the covariance between internalizing and externalizing behaviors? Dev Psychopathol 30:1371-1387
Yokoyama, Yoshie; Jelenkovic, Aline; Hur, Yoon-Mi et al. (2018) Genetic and environmental factors affecting birth size variation: a pooled individual-based analysis of secular trends and global geographical differences using 26 twin cohorts. Int J Epidemiol 47:1195-1206
Piirtola, Maarit; Jelenkovic, Aline; Latvala, Antti et al. (2018) Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: A study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts. PLoS One 13:e0200140
Jelenkovic, Aline; Yokoyama, Yoshie; Sund, Reijo et al. (2018) Associations between birth size and later height from infancy through adulthood: An individual based pooled analysis of 28 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project. Early Hum Dev 120:53-60
Woodward, Kerri E; Boeldt, Debra L; Corley, Robin P et al. (2018) Correlates of Positive Parenting Behaviors. Behav Genet :
Bogl, Leonie H; Jelenkovic, Aline; Vuoksimaa, Eero et al. (2017) Does the sex of one's co-twin affect height and BMI in adulthood? A study of dizygotic adult twins from 31 cohorts. Biol Sex Differ 8:14
Jelenkovic, Aline; Yokoyama, Yoshie; Sund, Reijo et al. (2017) Association between birthweight and later body mass index: an individual-based pooled analysis of 27 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project. Int J Epidemiol 46:1488-1498
Silventoinen, Karri; Jelenkovic, Aline; Latvala, Antti et al. (2017) Education in Twins and Their Parents Across Birth Cohorts Over 100 years: An Individual-Level Pooled Analysis of 42-Twin Cohorts. Twin Res Hum Genet 20:395-405

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