Effortful control and health among triads of mothers and twin children: An actor-partner interdependence modeling approach.

ABSTRACT: Associations between effortful control and physical and mental health were examined among triads of mothers and twin children by simultaneously modeling the effects of one's own effortful control on one's own health (actor effects) with the effects of the other two family members' effortful control on one's health (partner effects). Families (N = 761 individuals; 254 families) included mothers (M_age = 39.98, SD = 5.64) and their twin children (M_age = 8.58, SD = 0.57; 51% female; 54.7% non-Hispanic White, 28% Hispanic). Mothers completed online and in-person questionnaires, and mothers' and children's body composition indicators and dominant-handgrip strength were directly assessed during two home visits. Actor effects dominated in fa

SUBMITTER: Miadich SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9575840 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature