Genetic factors explain a significant part of associations between adolescent well-being and the social environment.

ABSTRACT: Socio-environmental factors play an important role in adolescent well-being, but potential genetic contributions to these associations are rarely assessed. To address this gap in the literature, associations between well-being and family conflict and functioning, number of friends, friendship importance and satisfaction, and leisure time variables were studied in N =  ~ 4700 twin pairs from the Netherlands Twin Register, us ing generalized estimating equations and twin-difference scores. When twin-difference scores indicated a role for genetic factors, we used bivariate genetic models to quantify genetic and environmental contributions to these associations. We identify significant associations between well-being and family functioning, family conflict, different leisure time activities, n

SUBMITTER: van de Weijer MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9532338 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature