Parental Criticism Is an Environmental Influence on Adolescent Somatic Symptoms
Parental Criticism Is an Environmental Influence on Adolescent Somatic Symptoms
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DOI：
10.1037/fam0000065
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发表时间：
2015-04-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Neiderhiser, Jenae M.
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作者：
Horwitz, Briana N.;Marceau, Kristine;Neiderhiser, Jenae M.
以前的研究表明，父母的批评会导致青少年儿童更多的躯体症状。然而，这项研究还没有评估因果关系的方向，或者是否遗传和/或环境影响解释了父母的批评和青少年躯体症状之间的关联。因此，不可能理解这种关联背后的机制。目前的研究使用双胞胎的扩展儿童设计，以检查是否父母的基因，青少年的基因，和/或环境因素解释父母的批评和青少年的躯体症状之间的关系。参与者来自2个双胞胎样本，包括瑞典的双胞胎和后代研究（N = 868对成年双胞胎和每个双胞胎的青少年儿童）和儿童和青少年发展的双胞胎研究（N = 690对双胞胎儿童及其父母）。研究结果表明，环境的影响占之间的关联父母的批评和青少年的躯体症状。这表明父母的批评行为对青少年儿童的躯体症状有直接的环境影响。结果支持使用干预计划，重点是父母的批评，以帮助减少青少年的躯体症状。
Previous studies have suggested that parental criticism leads to more somatic symptoms in adolescent children. However, this research has not assessed the direction of causation or whether genetic and/or environmental influences explain the association between parental criticism and adolescent somatic symptoms. As such, it is impossible to understand the mechanisms that underlie this association. The current study uses the Extended Children of Twins design to examine whether parents' genes, adolescents' genes, and/or environmental factors explain the relationship between parental criticism and adolescent somatic symptoms. Participants came from 2 twin samples, including the Twin and Offspring Study in Sweden (N = 868 pairs of adult twins and each twin's adolescent child) and from the Twin Study of Child and Adolescent Development (N = 690 pairs of twin children and their parents). Findings showed that environmental influences account for the association between parental criticism and adolescent somatic symptoms. This suggests that parents' critical behaviors exert a direct environmental effect on somatic symptoms in adolescent children. Results support the use of intervention programs focused on parental criticism to help reduce adolescents' somatic symptoms.