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ArticleInternational journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology2017

Evidence of a prominent genetic basis for associations between psychoneurometric traits and common mental disorders.

Noah C Venables, Brian M Hicks, James R Yancey, Mark D Kramer, Lindsay D Nelson, Casey M Strickland, Robert F Krueger, William G Iacono, Christopher J Patrick

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Article in International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Using a co-twin control design to evaluate alternative trait measures as indices of liability for substance use disorders.International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Noah C VenablesFlorida State University, USA. Electronic address: venables@psy.fsu.edu.
Brian M HicksUniversity of Michigan, USA.
James R YanceyFlorida State University, USA.
Mark D KramerVeterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Lindsay D NelsonMedical College of Wisconsin, USA.
Casey M StricklandFlorida State University, USA.
Robert F KruegerUniversity of Minnesota, USA.
William G IaconoUniversity of Minnesota, USA.
Christopher J PatrickFlorida State University, USA. Electronic address: cpatrick@psy.fsu.edu.

Funding

Project 6: Individual Differences in the Motivational Substrates (pg 275)P50MH072850 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI PRINCIPE, JOSE CARLOS · 2005 to 2009
$8.8M
Trait Fear and Disinhibition in Impulse Control DisordersRC1MH089727 · NIMH · FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI PATRICK, CHRISTOPHER JOHN · 2009 to 2010
$942k
NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH072850NIMH NIH HHS RC1 MH089727
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Threat sensitivity (THT) and weak inhibitory control (or disinhibition; DIS) are trait constructs that relate to multiple types of psychopathology and can be assessed psychoneurometrically (i.e., using self-report and physiological indicators combined). However, to establish that psychoneurometric assessments of THT and DIS index biologically-based liabilities, it is important to clarify the etiologic bases of these variables and their associations with clinical problems. The current work addressed this important issue using data from a sample of identical and fraternal adult twins (N=454). THT was quantified using a scale measure and three physiological indicators of emotional reactivity to visual aversive stimuli. DIS was operationalized using scores on two scale measures combined with two brain indicators from cognitive processing tasks. THT and DIS operationalized in these ways both showed appreciable heritability (0.45, 0.68), and genetic variance in these traits accounted for most of their phenotypic associations with fear, distress, and substance use disorder symptoms. Our findings suggest that, as indices of basic dispositional liabilities for multiple forms of psychopathology with direct links to neurophysiology, psychoneurometric assessments of THT and DIS represent novel and important targets for biologically-oriented research on psychopathology.

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Inhibition, PsychologicalNeuropsychological TestsElectroencephalographyElectromyographyFearFemaleHumansMaleMental DisordersPhenotypePhotic StimulationPsychometricsRegression AnalysisSelf ReportTwins, DizygoticTwins, MonozygoticDisinhibitionExternalizingFearInhibitory controlInternalizingMental disordersPsychopathologyThreat sensitivity

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PMID27671504
PMCPMC5364073

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