Genetic and Environmental Influences on Affiliation with Deviant Peers during Adolescence and Early Adulthood

Autor/inn/en	Tarantino, Nicholas; Tully, Erin C.; Garcia, Sarah E.; South, Susan; Iacono, William G.; McGue, Matt
Titel	Genetic and Environmental Influences on Affiliation with Deviant Peers during Adolescence and Early Adulthood
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 50 (2014) 3, S.663-673 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0034345
Schlagwörter	Genetics; Peer Groups; Longitudinal Studies; Twins; Risk; Behavior Problems; Psychopathology; Environmental Influences; Correlation; Models; Adolescents; Siblings; Role; Young Adults; Antisocial Behavior; Developmental Stages; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humangenetik; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Twin; Zwilling; Risiko; Psychopathologie; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Korrelation; Analogiemodell; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sibling; Geschwister; Rollen; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener
Abstract	Adolescence and early adulthood is a time when peer groups become increasingly influential in the lives of young people. Youths exposed to deviant peers risk susceptibility to externalizing behaviors and related psychopathology. In addition to environmental correlates of deviant peer affiliation, a growing body of evidence has suggested that affiliation with deviant peers is heritable. This study examined the magnitude of genetic and environmental influences on affiliation with deviant peers, changes in the relative importance of these factors, and which of these factors contribute to the stability of affiliation across this critical developmental period using a longitudinal twin study design that assessed same-sex twins (485 monozygotic pairs, 271 dizygotic pairs) at 3 discrete ages: 15, 18, and 21 years of age. Biometric models revealed that genetic influences increased with age. New genetic influences appeared during late adolescence, and no new genetic influences emerged by age 21. Environmental influences shared by sibling pairs decreased with age, while the proportion of nonshared environmental effects unique to each individual remained relatively stable over the course of development. Shared environmental influences were largely age-overlapping, whereas nonshared environmental influences were largely age-specific. In summary, this study found variance in affiliation with deviant peers is explained by shared and nonshared environment effects as well as by genetic influences (46% by age 21), supporting the role of genetically influenced selection factors. The shared environment was almost exclusively responsible for the stability in late adolescence, while genetic influences were primarily responsible for stability in early adulthood. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01