Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Maternal expressions of warmth and negativity and adolescent mental health: using longitudinal monozygotic twin‐difference analyses to approach causal inference
Originally published 2025-08-13 · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines
Wiley · DOI 10.1111/jcpp.70020 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
How might two siblings experience the same household differently?
For the Kindness section, this study offers a way to examine differences in maternal warmth and negativity experienced by twins.
Who was studied?
Families in the British Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study
Age / stage: Age 10 through adolescence
Read with three questions
- How did the authors investigate differences in maternal warmth and negativity experienced by twins?
- At what ages were each of the family measures and child outcomes actually collected?
- What influences are better controlled by comparing identical twins and what influences still differ between them?
Keep the limits in view
Within-twin comparisons address some shared family and genetic influences, while experiences specific to one twin can still shape the findings.
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Alice Wickersham; Avshalom Caspi; Louise Arseneault; Terrie E. Moffitt; Johnny Downs; Antony Ambler; Rachel M. Latham; Nicholas Cummins; Zoë Firth; Jasmin Wertz; Helen L. Fisher (2025). Maternal expressions of warmth and negativity and adolescent mental health: using longitudinal monozygotic twin‐difference analyses to approach causal inference Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.70020
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