Date of Award
Fall 12-2013
Degree Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Bradley Green
Advisor Department
Psychology
Abstract
The current study examined genetic and environmental influences in relation to alcohol use pathology. The 756 participants (378 adoptive, 378 non-adoptive) came from the 2001-2002 NESARC conducted by the NIAAA. A factorial ANOVA was used to measure the effects that the three grouping variables had on each dependent variable for a total of seven datasets. Results showed that biological parents’ drinking did pose a risk in participants for Loss of Control (p = .000) and Dangerous Behavior (p = .00). Adoption status was correlated with Conduct Disorder (p = .007) and Antisocial Personality Disorder (p = .014). This suggests that genetic influences have a bigger impact on alcohol use pathology than environmental ones. Adoption status could be an indicator for CD and ASPD.
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Recommended Citation
Gill, Jaylee R., "The Separate and Combined Effects of Heredity and Environment Predicting Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms and Antisocial Personality Disorder Symptoms" (2013). Honors Theses. 198.
https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/198