The Longitudinal Israeli Study of Twins (LIST): Children's social development as influenced by genetics, abilities, and socialization

Ariel Knafo*

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Abstract

The goals, prospects and methods of the Longitudinal Israeli Study of Twins (LIST) are described. This study is interested in children's prosocial development from phenotypic, genetic and environmental perspectives. It focuses on measuring prosociality with a multi-trait multi-method approach, and relating it to children's general cognitive and sociocognitive abilities, and to parenting in the family. Other variables of interest such as children's temperament and parental values are discussed, as are ideas for further research.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)791-798
Number of pages8
JournalTwin Research and Human Genetics
Volume9
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2006

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The author thanks Gali Naor and Rivka Shpigelman for their comments on this report. LIST is supported by a grant from the Israel Science Foundation.

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