Genetic and Environmental Multidimensionality of Well- and Ill-Being in Middle Aged Twin Men
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The goals of the study were to determine the extent to which the underlying structure of different types of well-being was multidimensional and whether well- and ill-being were influenced by similar or different genetic and environmental factors. Participants were 1226 male twins ages 51-60, from the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging. Measures included: psychological well-being, Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire Well-Being scale (MPQWB), life satisfaction, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms. A two-orthogonal-factor common pathway model fit the data well. Psychological well-being and self-esteem loaded most strongly on Factor 1, which was highly heritable (h(2) = .79). Life satisfaction loaded most strongly on Factor 2, which was only moderately heritable (h(2) = .32). Only MPQWB had measure-specific genetic influences. Depressive symptoms loaded on both factors, and only depressive symptoms had measure-specific common environmental influences. All measures had specific unique environmental influences. Results indicate that well-being is genetically and environmentally multidimensional and that ill-being has partial overlap with both latent factors.
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Eight studies reported evidence for shared environmental influences on wellbeing, although some with a zero in the confidence interval.
“while eight studies reported evidence for shared environmental influences, although some with a zero in the confidence interval (Franz et al. 2012; Hahn et al. 2013; Johnson and Krueger 2006; Nes et al. 2008; Røysamb et al. 2003; Schnittker 2008; Tellegen et al. 1988; van der Aa et al. 2010a).”
From Genetics of Wellbeing and Its Components Satisfaction with Life, Happiness, and Quality of Life: A Review and Meta-analysis of Heritability Studies (2015) · cites this paper as Franz et al. 2012
The Results (page unavailable) report a shared/common environmental contribution for the CESD depression score (C = .13), which the Methods classify as ill-being. The Results also say shared environmental influences contributed little to the well-being measures and that the multivariate models limited such influences to the CESD. Thus Franz et al. provide evidence for shared environmental influences on ill-being, not clearly on well-being; they do not establish the eight-study count or the confidence-interval qualification. (LLM, conf=0.87)
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“The heritability of depressivity (Franz et al., 2012) could contribute to this stability.”
BackgroundOn the link of self‐esteem, life satisfaction, and Neuroticism
Hufer, A., & Riemann, R. (2021) · Journal of Personality · doi:10.1111/jopy.12632 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
Crouch, M., Mack, D., Wilson, P., & Kwan, M. Y. W. (2017) · Review of General Psychology · doi:10.1037/gpr0000112 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
“This was evident in the current investigation, as some authors reported that composite PWB score reliabilities were used in lieu of the lower subscale coefficient alphas, in order to achieve a higher score reliability (e.g., Boylan & Ryff, 2015; Franz et al., 2012; Joshanloo & Ghaedi, 2009).”
MethodOn the Etiology of Self-Enhancement and Its Association With Psychological Well-Being
Luo, Y. L. L., Sedikides, C., & Cai, H. (2019) · Social Psychological and Personality Science · doi:10.1177/1948550619877410 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
“We arrived at this practice based on previous findings of common genetic and environmental influences on cognitive and affective wellbeing, especially given that the common influences are attributed to latent factors underlying the two well-being indicators (Franz et al., 2012; Haworth, Carter, Eley, & Plomin, 2017).”
BackgroundMethodHeritability estimates of individual psychological distress symptoms from genetic variation
Kim, S., Jang, H.-J., Myung, W., Kim, K., Cha, S., Lee, H., Cho, S. K., Kim, B., Ha, T. H., Kim, J., et al. (2019) · Journal of Affective Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.jad.2019.04.011 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Gana, K., Bailly, N., Saada, Y., Broc, G., & Alaphilippe, D. (2015) · Personality and Individual Differences · doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.03.021 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Thege, B. K., Littvay, L., Tárnoki, D. L., & Tárnoki, Á. D. (2015) · Current Psychology · doi:10.1007/s12144-015-9387-x · Cited by 10 · see citing works
“Further, with regard to life satisfaction, the present analyses supported the higher hereditary estimates of the wide continuum (19–59 %) set by previous studies (Caprara et al. 2009; Franz et al. 2012).”
ResultGenetic architecture of well-being: cumulative effect of serotonergic polymorphisms
Fan, Y., Yang, Y., Shi, L., Zhao, W., Kong, F., & Gong, P. (2023) · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience · doi:10.1093/scan/nsad039 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
“Inspired by the robust genetic predispositions of well-being (Franz et al., 2012; Nes and Roysamb, 2017), we investigated whether subjective well-being and psychological well-being share some of genetic foundations.”
BackgroundGenes, Environments and Core Features of Eudaimonic Wellbeing
Røysamb, E., & Nes, R. B. (2016) · International handbooks of quality-of-life · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-42445-3_16 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
Stevens, S. M., Gustavson, D. E., Fang, B., Tu, X. M., Logue, M. W., Lyons, M. J., Reynolds, C. A., Kremen, W. S., & Franz, C. E. (2020) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph17124554 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
“More details of the VETSA methods are published elsewhere [43,46].”
MethodSelf-citationdos Santos, S. B., Machado, W. D. L., Fernandez, L. L., de Pádua, A. C., Hoffmann, S., Calvetti, P. Ü., Schaab, B. L., & Reppold, C. T. (2023) · Psicologia Reflexão e Crítica · doi:10.1186/s41155-022-00244-w · Cited by 6 · see citing works
An Overview of Entrepreneurship Education
Maas, G. J. P., & Jones, P. K. (2015) · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · doi:10.1057/9781137509802_2 · Cited by 4 · see citing works
Interpersonal Relationships in Late Adulthood
Franz, C. E., McKenzie, R. E., Ramundo, A., Landrum, E., & Shahroudi, A. (2015) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-2923-8_9 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
“Twin studies find that both depression and wellbeing are moderately influenced by genes; heritabilities range from 16 to 37 % for depression to approximately 50 % for some types of wellbeing (Caprara et al. 2009; Franz et al. 2012; Franz et al. 2011; Kendler et al. 2006; Kendler et al. 1987; Nes et al. 2006).”
BackgroundSelf-citationWELL-BEING AND PERSONALITY AS A FUNCTION OF GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES
Fernandes, E. D. S., & Otta, E. (2024) · Psicologia e Saúde em Debate · doi:10.22289/2446-922x.v10n1a40 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
Subjektivna dobrobit i osobine ličnosti
Pocrnić, M., & Bratko, D. (2021) · Psihologijske teme · doi:10.31820/pt.30.3.7 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
Bem-estar subjetivo e personalidade: um estudo com irmãos gêmeos
Fernandes, E. D. S. (2021) · doi:10.11606/d.47.2021.tde-13092021-153444 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
Hahn, E. (2013) · Publications of the UdS (Saarland University) · doi:10.22028/d291-23359
Hamadou, M. (2013) · Nelson Mandela University Research Repository
Review Article on “Importance of Behavioral Genetics on the Psychological Development of the Person”
Chakrala, B. (2023) · The Journal of Neurobehavioral Sciences · doi:10.4103/jnbs.jnbs_10_23
Happiness and Behavior Genetics
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- Authors
- Franz, C. E., Panizzon, M. S., Eaves, L. J., Thompson, W., Lyons, M. J., Jacobson, K. C., Tsuang, M., Glatt, S. J., & Kremen, W. S.
- Affiliations
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
- Boston University (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- SUNY Upstate Medical University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Franz, Carol E.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Behavior Genetics
- Published
- 2012-04-08
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 579-591
- ISSN
- 0001-8244 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3297
- PMC
- PMC4056448
- OpenAlex
- W2063320155
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 72
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 4
- FWCI
- 7.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Behavior Genetics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- National Institute on Aging (AG 022982, R01AG022982, AG022381, R01AG022381, AG 018384, R01AG018384, R01AG018386, AG018386)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- psychological well-being, ill-being, heritability, genetic factors, environmental influences, life satisfaction, self-esteem, depressive symptoms, multidimensional well-being, middle-aged men, twin studies, unique environmental factors
- MeSH terms
- Depression, Environment, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Models, Genetic, Personal Satisfaction, Personality, Personality Inventory, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Concept, Twins, Dizygotic, Twins, Monozygotic, Multivariate Analysis
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