Genetic effects on anger control and their interaction with alcohol intoxication: A self-report study
Abstract
Individual differences in anger control are important to consider when trying to understand intoxicated aggression (Parrott and Giancola, 2004). We explored, first, genetic and environmental effects on anger control both in self-reported sober and alcohol intoxicated states, and whether the same genetic and environmental effects influence it in both these states, and second, a possible interaction between genetic effects and alcohol in the control of anger. In the population based sample (N=8964) of Finnish twins (18-33 years) and their siblings (18 years or older), genetic effects on anger control were found both for the self-reported sober (27% for men, 34% for women) and alcohol intoxicated states (29% for men, 37% for women), with high genetic correlations (from .77 to .85) between these states. Genetic effects (26% for men, 29% for women) were also found for the difference in anger control between the self-reported sober and alcohol intoxicated states, suggesting the effect of alcohol on anger control depends on the genotype of the individual.
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Genetic variability was shown to be a moderator of the relationship between alcohol intoxication and anger control.
“Genetic variability was shown to be a moderator of the relationship between alcohol intoxication and anger control by Johansson et al. (2010).”
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- Authors
- Johansson, A., Santtila, P., Corander, J., Alanko, K., Jern, P., von der Pahlen, B., & Sandnabba, N. K.
- Affiliations
- Åbo Akademi University (FI)
- Corresponding author
- Johansson, Ada
- Venue
- Biological Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-10
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 291-298
- ISSN
- 0301-0511 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1987259936
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 16 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Biological Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Åbo Akademi University Research Portal (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Keywords
- anger management, alcohol intoxication, genetic factors, heritability, gene-environment interaction, genetic correlation, environmental effects, twins and siblings, sex differences
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aggression, Alcoholic Intoxication, Anger, Female, Humans, Male, Regression Analysis, Social Control, Informal, Social Environment, Twins
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