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Oct 11, 2018 – “The study convincingly shows that parenting—and not just genes—contributes to the development of risky callous-unemotional traits,” said Luke Hyde, U-M associate professor of psychology. “Because identical twins have the same DNA, we can be more sure that the differences in parenting the twins received affects the development of these traits.” Parents of the twins completed a 50-item questionnaire about the home environment, establishing their harshness and warmth levels. The work, published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, is the latest in a series of studies from Penn’s Rebecca Waller, assistant professor of psychology, and colleagues using observation to assess a variety of aspects of parenting.
