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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Psychol. 2011 May;120(2):365–376. doi: 10.1037/a0021815

Table 2.

Intraclass correlations for Parental Criticism and adolescent Externalizing Problems

Measure (respondent) Twin parent 1 Twin parent 2 Child 1 Child 2
 TOSS
Fathers:
Parental Criticism (twin parent 1) - 0.22* 0.33* 0.07
Parental Criticism (twin parent 2) 0.11* - 0.06 0.33*
Externalizing Problems (child 1) 0.21* 0.05 - 0.21*
Externalizing Problems (child 2) 0.03 0.21* 0.08 -
Mothers:
Parental Criticism (twin parent 1) - 0.29* 0.19* 0.10
Parental Criticism (twin parent 2) 0.22 - 0.10 0.18*
Externalizing Problems (child 1) 0.21* 0.07 - 0.24*
Externalizing Problems (child 2) 0.07 0.22* 0.12* -

Parent 1 Parent 2 Twin child 1 Twin child 2

 TCHAD
Fathers:
Parental Criticism (parent 1) - 0.66* 0.21* 0.17
Parental Criticism (parent 2) 0.32* - 0.17 0.21*
Externalizing Problems (twin child 1) 0.13 0.01 - 0.50*
Externalizing Problems (twin child 2) 0.01 0.13 0.31* -
Mothers:
Parental Criticism (parent 1) - 0.73* 0.35* 0.32*
Parental Criticism (parent 2) 0.45* - 0.32* 0.35*
Externalizing Problems (twin child 1) 0.31* 0.07 - 0.56
Externalizing Problems (twin child 2) 0.07 0.31* 0.29* -

Note. MZ and DZ twins are displayed above and below the diagonal, respectively;

*

p<0.05