Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "McAdams, Tom A."
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Early Puberty Is Associated With Higher Academic Achievement in Boys and Girls and Partially Explains Academic Sex Differences
Torvik, Fartein Ask; Flatø, Martin; McAdams, Tom A.; Colman, Ian; Silventoinen, Karri; Stoltenberg, Camilla (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-29)Purpose On average, boys have lower academic achievement than girls. We investigated whether the timing of puberty is associated with academic achievement, and whether later puberty among boys contributes to the sex ... -
How important are parents in the development of child anxiety and depression? A genomic analysis of parent-offspring trios in the Norwegian Mother Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)
Cheesman, Rosa; Eilertsen, Espen Moen; Ahmadzadeh, Yasmin I.; Gjerde, Line C.; Hannigan, Laurie John; Havdahl, Alexandra; Young, Alexander I.; Eley, Thalia C.; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Magnus, Per; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Ystrøm, Eivind; McAdams, Tom A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Many studies detect associations between parent behaviour and child symptoms of anxiety and depression. Despite knowledge that anxiety and depression are influenced by a complex interplay of genetic and ... -
Mechanisms linking parental educational attainment with child ADHD, depression, and academic problems: a study of extended families in The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study
Torvik, Fartein Ask; Eilertsen, Espen Moen; McAdams, Tom A.; Gustavson, Kristin; Zachrisson, Henrik Daae; Brandlistuen, Ragnhild Eek; Gjerde, Line C.; Havdahl, Alexandra; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Ask, Helga; Ystrøm, Eivind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Low educational attainment in parents is associated with child psychopathology. It is not clear whether the associations are due to risk factors that family members share or due to effects of maternal or ... -
On the importance of parenting in externalizing disorders: an evaluation of indirect genetic effects in families
Eilertsen, Espen Moen; Gillespie Cheesman, Rosa Catherine; Ayorech, Ziada; Røysamb, Espen; Pingault, Jean-Baptiste; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Andreassen, Ole; Havdahl, Alexandra Karoline Saasen; McAdams, Tom A.; Torvik, Fartein Ask; Ystrøm, Eivind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Theoretical models of the development of childhood externalizing disorders emphasize the role of parents. Empirical studies have not been able to identify specific aspects of parental behaviors explaining a ...