Description: This report of a longitudinal study of the influence of family relationships and genetic factors on competence and psychopathology in adolescent development proposes that family relationships are crucial to the expression of genetic influences and may constitute a code for translating genetic influences into the ontogeny of behaviors.
Brief description: David Reiss is Vivian Gill Distinguished Research Professor at the George Washington University Medical Center.
Review Quotes: This book is of fundamental importance in biobehavioral sciences. The authors, all distinguished research scientists with years of experience with genetic and social studies, advance the nature-nurture debate... They present a uniquely new view of genetic influences, namely, the genetic tendencies for certain beneficial styles and personality are influenced significantly by patterns of relationships.--James M. Toolan, M.D. "American Journal of Psychotherapy"