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Twin Analysis as a Potential Tool for Examining Psychosocial Factors Associated with and Preceeding Smoking Behaviors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

N.L. Pedersen  and
B. Floderus-Myrhed
N.L. Pedersen*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Hygiene, The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm College of Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
B. Floderus-Myrhed
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Hygiene, The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
*
Department of Environmental Hygiene, The Karolinska Institute, Box 60 400, S-104 01 Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

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Data from the young cohort of the Swedish Twin Registry are being used in an attempt to describe characteristics which distinguish among current, non- and ex- smokers prior to the development of a smoking habit versus those present after establishment of the habit (or lack of one). With twins as a sample of individuals, the psychosocial variables instability, extroversion, leisure activity, relative weight, alcohol, coffee and psycho-pharmaceutic drug use were examined jointly as predictors of current smoking status in multiple regression analyses. This phase was intended to replicate and expand upon earlier studies characterizing current, non- and ex-smokers. These analyses were then performed on MZ nonsmoking twin individuals who were classified on the basis of their cotwins' smoking status. Pattern of variation in the psychosocial variables across the groups of nonsmokers were similar to the pattern seen for current, ex- and nonsmokers. Characteristics in MZ nonsmokers which are predictive of their cotwins' smoking status may be interpreted as those present prior to development of a smoking habit. Selected results from these analyses will be presented.

Keywords

Twin modelPsychosocial behaviorsSmoking
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , July 1984 , pp. 413 - 424
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1984

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