The Spread of Substance Use and Delinquency between Adolescent Twins

Autor/inn/en	Laursen, Brett; Hartl, Amy C.; Vitaro, Frank; Brendgen, Mara; Dionne, Ginette; Boivin, Michel
Titel	The Spread of Substance Use and Delinquency between Adolescent Twins
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 53 (2017) 2, S.329-339 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000217
Schlagwörter	Substance Abuse; Delinquency; Adolescents; Twins; Behavior Problems; Longitudinal Studies; Sibling Relationship; Influences; Genetics; Environmental Influences; Peer Influence; Parenting Styles; Predictor Variables; Foreign Countries; Screening Tests; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Correlation; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Kriminalität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Twin; Zwilling; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Sibling relations; Geschwisterbeziehung; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Humangenetik; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Prädiktor; Ausland; Screening-Verfahren; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Korrelation; Kanada
Abstract	This investigation examines the spread of problem behaviors (substance use and delinquency) between twin siblings. A sample of 628 twins (151 male twin pairs and 163 female twin pairs) drawn from the Quebec Newborn Twin Study completed inventories describing delinquency and substance use at ages 13, 14, and 15. A 3-wave longitudinal actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) identified avenues whereby problem behaviors spread from one twin to another. Problems did not spread directly between twins across domains. Instead, 2 indirect pathways were identified: (a) Problems first spread interindividually (between twins) within a behavioral domain, then spread intraindividually (within twins) across behavioral domains (e.g., Twin A delinquency ? Twin B delinquency ? Twin B substance use); and (b) problems first spread intraindividually (within twins) across behavioral domains, then spread interindividually (between twins) within a behavioral domain (e.g., Twin A delinquency ? Twin A substance use ? Twin B substance use). Controls for genetic effects, gene--environment correlations, friend substance use and delinquency, and parenting behaviors increase confidence in the conclusion that twin siblings uniquely contribute to the spread of problem behaviors during adolescence. Twin sibling influence is a risk factor for illicit substance use, both because substance use by one twin predicts substance use by the other twin, but also because delinquency in one twin predicts delinquency in the other twin, which then gives rise to greater substance use. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01