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The polygenic and reactive nature of observed parenting

ISSN: 1601-1848 ;EISSN: 1601-183X ;DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12874

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  • Title:
    The polygenic and reactive nature of observed parenting
  • Author: Runze, Jana ; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J ; Cecil, Charlotte A.M ; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ; Pappa, Irene
  • Subjects: educational attainment ; evocative gene–environment correlation ; maternal sensitivity ; parenting behavior ; polygenic risk score (PGS)
  • Description: In Wertz et al. (2019), parents' polygenic scores of educational attainment (PGS-EA) predicted parental sensitive responses to the child's needs for support, as observed in a dyadic task (i.e., observed sensitivity). We aimed to replicate and expand these findings by combining longitudinal data, child genotype data and several polygenic scores in the Generation R Study. Mother–child dyads participated in two developmental periods, toddlerhood (14 months old; n = 648) and early childhood (3–4 years old, n = 613). Higher maternal PGS-EA scores predicted higher observed sensitivity in toddlerhood (b = 0.12, 95% CI 0.03, 0.20) and early childhood (b = 0.16, 95% CI 0.08, 0.24). Child PGS-EA was significantly associated with maternal sensitivity in early childhood (b = 0.11, 95% CI 0.02, 0.21), and the effect of maternal PGS-EA was no longer significant when correcting for child PGS-EA. A latent factor of PGSs based on educational attainment, intelligence (IQ) and income showed similar results. These polygenic scores might be associated with maternal cognitive and behavioral skills that help shape parenting. Maternal PGSs predicted observed sensitivity over and above the maternal phenotypes, showing an additional role for PGSs in parenting research. In conclusion, we replicated the central finding of Wertz et al. (2019) that parental PGS-EA partially explains parental sensitivity. Our findings may be consistent with evocative gene–environment correlation (rGE), emphasizing the dynamic nature of parenting behavior across time, although further research using family trios is needed to adequately test this hypothesis.
  • Creation Date: 2023-12
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1601-1848
    EISSN: 1601-183X
    DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12874
  • Source: Journals@Ovid Open Access Journal Collection Rolling
    Vrije Universiteit
    PMC (PubMed Central)
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