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Parental Alcoholism and Offspring Behavior Problems: Findings in Australian Children of Twins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Mary Waldron ,
Nicholas G. Martin  and
Andrew C. Heath
Mary Waldron*
Affiliation:
School of Education, Indiana University, United States of America; Midwest Alcoholism Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, United States of America. mwaldron@indiana.edu
Nicholas G. Martin
Affiliation:
Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia.
Andrew C. Heath
Affiliation:
Midwest Alcoholism Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, United States of America.
*
*Address for correspondence: Mary Waldron, Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, School of Education, Indiana University, 201 N. Rose Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405.

Abstract

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We examine the impact of rearing by an alcoholic parent on risk for child behavior problems using data on 2492 offspring drawn from two ongoing studies of children of female and male same- and opposite-sex twin pairs. Results of regression models predicting child behavior problems from parent and co-twin lifetime history of alcohol use disorder (AUD) provide support for genetic but not environmental transmission of externalizing and a measure of total problem behaviors. Results for internalizing behavior were inconclusive with respect to transmission of risk.

Keywords

behavior problemsparental alcoholismchildren of twins
Type
Articles
Information
Twin Research and Human Genetics , Volume 12 , Issue 5 , 01 October 2009 , pp. 433 - 440
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009