The Relationship Code: Deciphering Genetic and Social Influences on Adolescent Development (Adolescent Lives)

Author: David ReissPublisher: Harvard University PressPaperback:ISBN 10: 0674011260ISBN 13: 978-0674011267The Relationship Code is the report of a longitudinal study, conducted over a ten-year period, of the influence of family relationships and genetic factors on competence and psychopathology in adolescent development. The sample for this landmark study included 720 pairs of same-sex adolescent siblings―including twins, half siblings, and genetically unrelated siblings―and their parents.Using a clear expressive style, David Reiss and his coinvestigators identify specific mechanisms that link genetic factors and the social environment in psychological development. They propose a striking hypothesis: family relationships are crucial to the expression of genetic influences on a broad array of complex behaviors in adolescents. Moreover, this role of family relationships may be very specific: some genetic factors are linked to mother–child relationships, others to father–child relations,