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Genetic moderation of environmental risk for depression and anxiety in adolescent girls

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Silberg, Judy, Rutter, Michael, Neale, Michael, Eaves, Lindon·2001·British Journal of Psychiatry

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BACKGROUND: There is huge individual variation in people's response to negative life events. AIMS: To test the hypothesis that genetic factors moderate susceptibility to the environmentally mediated risks associated with negative life events. METHOD: The Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development (VTSABD) was used to study the effects of independent life events (assessed from maternal interview) on depression/anxiety (assessed from child interview) in 184 same-gender female twin pairs, aged 14--7 years, measured on two occasions. RESULTS: There was no genetic effect on the independent negative life events studied. A significant gene-environment interaction was found using structural equation modelling. There was no effect of independent life events on adolescents' depression in the absence of parental emotional disorder, but a significant effect in its presence. CONCLUSIONS: There is an environmentally mediated effect of life events on depression/anxiety. Genetic factors play a significant role in individual differences in susceptibility to these environmentally mediated risks.

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Authors
Silberg, J., Rutter, M., Neale, M., & Eaves, L.
Affiliations
  • Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
  • King's College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Silberg, Judy
Venue
British Journal of Psychiatry
Published
2001-08
Volume
179
Issue
2
Pages
116-121
ISSN
  • 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
  • 1472-1465
OpenAlex
W2144250533
Cited by
285
References
29
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FWCI
20.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R29MH055557, MH45268, R01MH045268, MH-55557)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
gene-environment interaction, depression, anxiety, adolescent girls, negative life events, twin pairs, environmental risk, genetic susceptibility
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Anxiety Disorders, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Models, Genetic, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Risk Factors

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