Mental disorders and discrimination: A prospective cohort study of young twin pairs in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental disorders and perceived discrimination share common risk factors. The association between having a mental disorder and experiencing discrimination is well-known, but the extent to which familial factors, such as genetic and shared environmental factors, might confound this association, including sex differences in familial confounding, remains unexplored.

Aims

We investigated potential unmeasured familial confounding in the association between mental disorders and perceived discrimination using a matched twin study design.

Method

We examined data from 2044 same-sex twin pairs (n = 4088) aged 16-25 years from the German population-based study 'TwinLife'. We applied random-effects logistic regression to within-individual and within-and-between p

SUBMITTER: Calais-Ferreira L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10877176 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature