Intra‐ and extra‐familial influences on alcohol and drug misuse: a twin study of gene–environment correlation

Jang, Kerry L.; Vernon, Philip A.; Livesley, W. John; Stein, Murray B.; Wolf, H.

doi:10.1046/j.1360-0443.2001.969130710.x

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“…The large heritability for the Control scale is surprising given other studies have consistently reported that this scale is one of the least heritable of the FES scales. In fact, the average heritability rating from the other studies (i.e., Bouchard and McGue, 1990;Hur and Bouchard, 1995;Jang et al, 2001;Plomin et al, 1988Plomin et al, , 1989Vernon et al, 1997) is only 0.09, considerably smaller than our heritability estimate of 0.46.…”

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“…The acceptance factors were found to be more heritable (h 2 =0.38 and h 2 =0.19, respectively) than the control factor (h 2 =0.11), although the control factor was somewhat heritable. Jang et al, (2001) studied adult reared-together twins' retrospective responses using the FES. Although they did not factor analyze the FES scales, they did find that the scales that typically belong to the control factor (e.g., Control, Moral-Religious Emphasis, and Organization) had nonsignificant heritabilities, whereas the scales typically belonging to the acceptance factor (e.g., Cohesion, Achievement Orientation, Intellectual/Cultural Orientation, Active/ Recreational Orientation) were significantly heritable.…”

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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Adolescents’ Perceptions of Current Family Environment

Herndon¹,

Krueger²,

Iacono³

2005

Behav Genet

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Previous studies of the genetic and environmental components of the Family Environment Scale (FES) have typically reported that scales relating to familial acceptance are moderately to strongly genetically influenced while measures of control are more environmentally influenced. These reports relied on retrospective recall, which is not as reliable as recall of current environment. To investigate the genetic contribution to contemporaneous perceptions of one's rearing environment, the responses on the FES of 471 17-year-old male twins (141 complete MZ twin pairs, 73 complete DZ twin pairs, 43 incomplete twin pairs) participating in the Minnesota Twin-Family Study (MTFS) were analyzed. Individual FES scales were generally modestly to moderately heritable. Unlike previous research, we did not find evidence that measures of control/structure were less heritable than measures of acceptance/support. These findings support a genetic basis of perceptions of one's family environment and indicate that reports of control/structure may be more genetically influenced than previously believed based on retrospective reports.

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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Adolescents’ Perceptions of Current Family Environment

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Krueger²,

Iacono³

2005

Behav Genet

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“…We have also assessed our participants' perceptions of the family environment (e.g., using the Family Environment Scales; Moos & Moos, 1994), their school environment (e.g., Classroom Environment Scale; Moos & Moos, 1994), sibling interactions and parental preferences (e.g., Sibling Inventory of Differential Experience; Daniels & Plomin, 1985), and how each participant characteristically responds to environmental events (e.g., Environmental Response Inventory; McKechnie, 1974). These data are useful in testing models of personality trait and disorder development such as gene-environment interaction and correlation (Jang et al, 2001).…”

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The University of British Columbia Twin Project: Personality is Something and Personality Does Something

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Taylor

Livesley

2006

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Twin Project is a registry of approximately 1500 pairs of reared-together twins recruited from Vancouver, British Columbia and surrounding municipalities. The focus of the project is to examine personality and its disorders from a behavioral genetic perspective. The primary measures include self-report measures of variables from the major models of personality and personality disorders. Subsamples of the study have also been surveyed on a wide range of psychiatric conditions and symptoms, including, for example, substance use, mood, anxiety, coping, posttraumatic stress disorder, schizotypy, and several measures of the environment and experience. Also surveyed are general health and basic psychological processes including cognitive ability. This broad assessment has enabled us to examine not only the structure of personality, but also its potential role in psychopathology and other psychological processes. A feature of the project is that the measures selected reflect current thinking in the field as opposed to traditional psychiatric diagnostic criteria. The UBC Twin Project has been used in a number of collaborative projects on personality and psychopathology with other worldwide twin registries. At the present time, no DNA has been collected; however the facility to collect these data is available. Collaborative projects on this and future questionnaire studies are welcome.

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“…Las investigaciones indican que un funcionamiento familiar positivo puede reducir las predisposiciones genéticas (Jang, Vernon, Livesley, Stein y Wolf, 2001). Tener una madre adicta o dos padres adictos aumenta el riesgo de posteriores problemas de desarrollo (Dube, Anda, Felitti, Croft, Edwards y Giles, 2001).…”

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“…Luthar and associates (1998) report similar risks in children of drug abusers, but conclude that maternal drug abuse per se is not as damaging to children's resilience as maternal stress, depression, and anxiety disorders (Luthar, D'Avanzo & Hites, 2005). Other research suggests that positive family functioning can reduce genetic predispositions (Jang, Vernon, Livesley, Stein, & Wolf, 2001). Having a mother who is an addict or two parents who are addicted increases their risk for later developmental problems (Dube, Anda, Felitti, Croft, Edwards & Giles, 2001).…”

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Intervenciones de fortalecimiento familiar para la prevención del consumo de sustancias en hijos de padres adictos

Kumpfer

Johnson²

2007

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The scientific literature consistently reports that while children of substance abusers may be at biological, psychological, or environmental risk, the effects of these risks can be abbreviated through the use of effective interventions and treatments. Research has consistently demonstrated reductions in family and child dysfunction when effective family intervention programs are consistently utilized. While a number of effective family-based approaches have been developed and evaluated, only a few have been designed specifically for children of substance abusing parents. Just two have been tested in randomized control trials -The Streghtening Families Program and Focus on the Family. The Streghtening Families Program has demonstrated statistically significant reductions in family and child dysfunctions across several ethnocultural groups when consistently utilized. Clinical and advanced graduate programs should stress training in these evidencebased practices as well as how to adapt these models to be more culturally sensitive and age or gender appropriate in order to serve a growing and needy population of families.

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Intra‐ and extra‐familial influences on alcohol and drug misuse: a twin study of gene–environment correlation

Abstract: Genotype-environment correlations, in particular, moral-religious emphases in the home, appear to be important in the development of substance misuse.

Cited by 48 publications

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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Adolescents’ Perceptions of Current Family Environment

Genetic and Environmental Influences on Adolescents’ Perceptions of Current Family Environment

The University of British Columbia Twin Project: Personality is Something and Personality Does Something

Intervenciones de fortalecimiento familiar para la prevención del consumo de sustancias en hijos de padres adictos

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