Behind the wheel and on the map: Genetic and environmental associations between drunk driving and other externalizing behaviors.

Publisher: American Psychological Association Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0034461 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1939-1846 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 0021843X NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Abnorm Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Washington Dc : American Psychological Association

Diseases in Twins*/genetics ; Diseases in Twins*/psychology ; Internal-External Control*; Alcohol Drinking/*psychology ; Automobile Driving/*psychology; Adolescent ; Adult ; Alcohol Drinking/genetics ; Alcoholism/etiology ; Alcoholism/genetics ; Female ; Gene-Environment Interaction ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease ; Humans ; Juvenile Delinquency/psychology ; Longitudinal Studies ; Male ; Models, Statistical ; Multivariate Analysis ; Young Adult

Drunk driving, a major contributor to alcohol-related mortality, has been linked to a variety of other alcohol-related (e.g., Alcohol Dependence, early age at first drink) and non-alcohol-related externalizing behaviors. In a sample of 517 same-sex twin pairs from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we examined 3 conceptualizations of the etiology of drunk driving in relation to other externalizing behaviors. A series of behavioral-genetic models found consistent evidence for drunk driving as a manifestation of genetic vulnerabilities toward a spectrum of alcohol-related and non-alcohol-related externalizing behaviors. Most notably, multidimensional scaling analyses produced a genetic "map" with drunk driving located near its center, supporting the strength of drunk driving's genetic relations with a broad range of externalizing behaviors. In contrast, nonshared environmental associations with drunk driving were weaker and more diffuse. Drunk driving may be a manifestation of genetic vulnerabilities toward a broad externalizing spectrum.
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Date Created: 20131017 Date Completed: 20140725 Latest Revision: 20211021

20240628

PMC3872506

10.1037/a0034426

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