BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT article
Front. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry
Sec. Developmental Psychopathology and Mental Health
Volume 4 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frcha.2025.1597229
The Power of Parenting: Mitigating Conduct Problems among Adolescents Carrying Genetic Risk
Provisionally accepted
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Busch Campus, Piscataway, United States
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Conduct problems (CPs), including aggression, antisocial behavior, and rule-breaking, emerge in childhood and adolescence. Evidence from twin studies shows that CPs are heritable, with approximately 50% of the variance accounted for by genetic influences. Parenting is one prominent- and, importantly, modifiable- environmental factor in the development of CPs. This study tested whether parental monitoring moderated the associations between genetic liability and CPs in adolescents aged 12-14. We found parental monitoring significantly moderated the association between genetic risk for externalizing and CPs in adolescence. These findings underscore the utility of family-based prevention and intervention efforts, particularly for children at elevated genetic risk.
Keywords: Parenting, externalizing, Polygenic risk score (PRS), conduct problem, ALSPAC Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
Received: 20 Mar 2025; Accepted: 10 Oct 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Choi, Dash, Kuo, Aliev, Poore, Brislin and Dick. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Maia Choi, maia.choi@rutgers.edu
Danielle M Dick, danielle.m.dick@rutgers.edu
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