ArticlePsychological medicine2015
Overlapping genetic and environmental influences among men's alcohol consumption and problems, romantic quality and social support.
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- Perceived partner substance use, genetic predispositions, and their associations with problematic alcohol use, emotional well-being, and relationship quality.Psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Genetic nurture effects for alcohol use disorder.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Article
- Role of parental divorce and discord in the intergenerational transmission of alcohol use disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Genetically informative analysis of the association between intimate relationship adjustment and health.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2021Article
- The associations between polygenic risk, sensation seeking, social support, and alcohol use in adulthood.Journal of abnormal psychology · 2021Article
- The Role of Emergence in Genetically Informed Relationships Research: A Methodological Analysis.Behavior genetics · 2019Article
- Alcohol use disorder and divorce: evidence for a genetic correlation in a population-based Swedish sample.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2017Article
- Gene-Environment Interplay in the Context of Romantic Relationships.Current opinion in psychology · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlcohol consumption and problems are associated with interpersonal difficulties. We used a twin design to assess in men the degree to which genetic or environmental influences contributed to the covariance between alcohol consumption and problems, romantic quality and social support.
methodThe sample included adult male-male twin pairs (697 monozygotic and 487 dizygotic) for whom there were interview-based data on: alcohol consumption (average monthly alcohol consumption in the past year); alcohol problems (lifetime alcohol dependence symptoms); romantic conflict and warmth; friend problems and support; and relative problems and support.
resultsKey findings were that genetic and unique environmental factors contributed to the covariance between alcohol consumption and romantic conflict; genetic factors contributed to the covariance between alcohol problems and romantic conflict; and common and unique environmental factors contributed to the covariance between alcohol problems and friend problems.
conclusionsRecognizing and addressing the overlapping genetic and environmental influences that alcohol consumption and problems share with romantic quality and other indicators of social support may have implications for substance use prevention and intervention efforts.
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