Comparing findings from the random-intercept cross-lagged panel model and the monozygotic twin difference cross-lagged panel model: Maladaptive parenting and offspring emotional and behavioural problems

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Posted on 28 October 2023

Tags: Emotional health, Gene-environment interaction… Show all

Topics: Emotional health, Gene-environment interaction
Populations: Parenting, Twins
Publication Types: Blog, Journal article, Twin study

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‘Comparing findings from the random-intercept cross-lagged panel model and the monozygotic twin difference cross-lagged panel model: Maladaptive parenting and offspring emotional and behavioural problems’

Open Access paper from JCPP Advances

In this study we compare results obtained when applying the monozygotic twin difference cross-lagged panel model (MZD-CLPM) and a random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) to the same data. Each of these models is designed to strengthen researchers’ ability to draw causal inference from cross-lagged associations. We explore differences and similarities in how each model does this, and in the results each model produces. Specifically, we examine associations between maladaptive parenting and child emotional and behavioural problems in identical twins aged 9, 12 and 16.

Authors: Marie-Louise J. Kullberg, Charlotte C. Van Schie, Andrea G. Allegrini, Yasmin Ahmadzadeh, Daniel L. Wechsler, Bernet M. Elzinga, Tom A. McAdams