Multiple social factors are associated with wellbeing when accounting for shared genetic and environmental confounding.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Social factors are associated with mental health and wellbeing. However, few studies have examined genetic and environmental influences on social factors themselves, limiting current understanding of influences on aspects of the social environment. Most studies which have identified links between social factors and mental health are also limited by the possible influence of unmeasured genetic and environmental confounding. In this study, we investigated the genetic and environmental underpinnings of multiple social factors (relationship satisfaction, loneliness, attachment, trust, relationship disruptions), and their associations with life satisfaction measured concurrently and six years later, after accounting for shared genetic and environmental confounding.

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SUBMITTER: Bjorndal LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11865172 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature