Jay Belsky's process of parenting model, published in 1984, continues to be widely
referenced within the scientific literature. The main premise of this model is that parenting is …

The aim of this meta-analysis was to systematize available findings in the field of personality
heritability and test for possible moderator effects of study design, type of personality model …

This chapter considers the phenomenon of human paternal investment in terms of the
benefits of providing care to children and the costs of investment from the males' …

Behavioral Genetics, Fifth Edition provides an engaging and clear overview of human and
animal behavioral genetics that is designed to introduce students in the behavioral …

Despite the fact that most people become parents and everyone who has ever lived has had
parents, parenting remains a mystifying subject about which almost everyone has opinions …

To investigate the association between Big Five personality factors and three dimensions of
parenting—warmth, behavioral control, and autonomy support—the authors conducted meta …

Child psychologists and psychiatrists are interested in assessing children's personalities.
This interest is fueled by the practical desire to identify differences between children that …

Background. Traditional models of psychiatric epidemiology often assume that the
relationship between individuals and their environment is unidirectional, from environment …

This article reviews behavioral-genetic research to show how it can help address questions
of causation in developmental psychopathology. The article focuses on studies of antisocial …

This chapter outlines changing models of the causes of child abuse. It underscores one of
the core themes of developmental psychopathology, namely, the interrelation of normality …