Invited Talk
What Can Behavior Genetics Tell Us About the Family Environment (If Anything)?
| Chair:
Brian M. D'Onofrio
[Email Presenter]
Indiana University |
Recent reviews of research in psychopathology have noted how little we know about the true causes of mental illness because research is stuck in the “risk factor” stage. Numerous individual, family, community, and societal factors are known to predict psychological functioning, but the underlying causal mechanisms through which these putative factors influence individuals are not known. The presentation will illustrate how using behavior genetic methods as quasi-experimental approaches can highlight the processes through which family risk factors influence offspring.
2010 Program Committee
Tyler S. Lorig, Washington and Lee University (Chair); Nalini Ambady, Tufts University; Abigail Baird, Vassar College; Sian Beilock, University of Chicago; Daniel Klein, State University of New York, Stony Brook; Richard Lewis, Pomona College; Kris Preacher, University of Kansas; Deidra Schleicher, Purdue University; Timothy Strauman, Duke University; Tracy Zinn, James Madison University