School context and genetic influences on aggression in adolescence
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Genetic and environmental contributions to variation in aggression were examined using adolescents' self-reports of aggressive behavior. The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health provided a sample of 1,515 pairs of adolescents in five genetically informative groups (i.e., monozygotic twins, dizygotic twins, full siblings, half siblings, and unrelated siblings reared together). The analysis, a DeFries-Fulker regression within a hierarchical linear model, yielded findings on individual-level heritability ( h2), shared environmental effects ( c2), school-level effects, and school-level moderation of h2 and c2. The estimate of h2 for aggression in the full sample was .32, and c2 was .05. In the moderating effect, h2 increased and c2 decreased with greater school-level family warmth. Two effects on school means were found: Those schools with greater ethnic-racial heterogeneity had higher mean levels of aggression, and schools where students perceived greater family warmth had lower mean levels of aggression.
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Genetic influence on aggressive behavior was found to be higher in schools with higher average levels of family warmth, while environmental influences were more important in schools with lower average levels of family warmth.
“Genetic influence on aggressive behavior was found to be higher in schools with higher average levels of family warmth. In contrast, environmental influences (both shared and nonshared) were more important in schools with lower average levels of family warmth (Rowe et al., 1999).”
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- Authors
- Rowe, D. C., Almeida, D. M., & Jacobson, K. C.
- Affiliations
- University of Arizona (US)
- Venue
- Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1999-05
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 277-280
- ISSN
- 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9280
- OpenAlex
- W2152687908
- Cited by
- 74
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 3.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Keywords
- adolescent aggression, heritability, shared environment, school context, family warmth, monozygotic twins, dizygotic twins, full siblings, half-siblings, behavioral genetics
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