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Bares CB, Chartier KG, Karriker-Jaffe KJ, Aliev F, Mustanski B, Dick D. Exploring how Family and Neighborhood Stressors Influence Genetic Risk for Adolescent Conduct Problems and Alcohol Use. J Youth Adolesc 2020; 49:1365-1378. [PMID: 31407187 PMCID: PMC7012717 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-019-01098-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 07/27/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Previous research suggests that genetic risk factors may predispose to conduct problems and alcohol use in adolescence. Whether genetic risk factors interact with social contexts has not been well characterized among African American adolescents. Data came from a subsample of the Genes, Environment, and Neighborhood Initiative study comprising 501 African American adolescents, including 151 lifetime drinkers (56% female, mean age = 16.3, SD = 1.4). Genetic risk was assessed with polygenic risk scores for alcohol dependence. Analyses explored interactions between genetic risk and self-reported alcohol use, conduct problems, life stressors, and other covariates. The effects of two gene-environment interactions (G × E) were tested in the sample of alcohol exposed adolescents; one on conduct problems and the other on alcohol use. There were significant associations between polygenic risk for alcohol dependence and conduct problems. A significant G × E interaction showed the impact of genetic risk on conduct problems was stronger under conditions of high exposure to family and neighborhood stressors. Among this sample of African American adolescents, genetic risk for alcohol dependence was not directly associated with alcohol use but was related to more conduct problems. Further, the effect of genetic risk interacted with stressors from the family and neighborhood, so that the effect of genetic risk on conduct problems was stronger for individuals who reported greater stressors.
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Affiliation(s)
- Cristina B Bares
- School of Social Work, University of Michigan, 1080S. University, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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- School of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1000 Floyd Avenue, P.O. Box 842027, Richmond, VA, 23284, USA
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- Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, 6001 Shellmound St., Suite 450, Emeryville, CA, 94608, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 817W. Franklin, Suite B-16, Richmond, VA, 23284, USA
- Karabuk University, Karabuk, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, 625N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 14-061, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 800W. Franklin, Room 202, Richmond, VA, 23284, USA
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Gajos JM, Russell MA, Cleveland HH, Vandenbergh DJ, Feinberg ME. Romantic Partner Alcohol Misuse Interacts with GABRA2 Genotype to Predict Frequency of Drunkenness in Young Adulthood. JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2019; 35:7-20. [PMID: 31598057 PMCID: PMC6784828 DOI: 10.1177/1043986218810578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Previous research has identified the importance of romantic partners-including spouses, significant others, and dating partners-for influencing the engagement in health-risking behaviors, such as alcohol misuse during emerging adulthood. Although genetic factors are known to play a role in the development of young adult alcohol misuse, little research has examined whether genetic factors affect young adults' susceptibility to their romantic partners' alcohol misusing behaviors. The current study tests whether a single nucleotide polymorphism in the GABRA2 gene (rs279845) moderates the relationship between romantic partner alcohol misuse and frequency of drunkenness in young adulthood. Results revealed differential risk associated with romantic partner alcohol misuse and young adult drunk behavior according to GABRA2 genotype, such that individuals with the TT genotype displayed an elevated risk for frequency of drunkenness when romantic partner alcohol misuse was also high (IRR = 1.06, p ≤ 0.05). The findings demonstrate the potential for genetic factors to moderate the influence of romantic partners' alcohol misuse on drunk behavior during the transition to young adulthood.
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- Jamie M. Gajos
- The Methodology Center, The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA
- The Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA
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- The Methodology Center, The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA
- Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA
- Penn State Institute for the Neurosciences; Molecular Cellular & Integrative Biosciences Program, The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA
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- The Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA
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Cleveland HH, Schlomer GL, Vandenbergh DJ, Wolf PSA, Feinberg M, Greenberg M, Spoth R, Redmond C. Associations between alcohol dehydrogenase genes and alcohol use across early and middle adolescence: Moderation × Preventive intervention. Dev Psychopathol 2018; 30:297-313. [PMID: 28534462 PMCID: PMC6367729 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579417000633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Data from the in-school sample of the PROSPER preventive intervention dissemination trial were used to investigate associations between alcohol dehydrogenase genes and alcohol use across adolescence, and whether substance misuse interventions in the 6th and 7th grades (targeting parenting, family functioning, social norms, youth decision making, and peer group affiliations) modified associations between these genes and adolescent use. Primary analyses were run on a sample of 1,885 individuals and included three steps. First, we estimated unconditional growth curve models with separate slopes for alcohol use from 6th to 9th grade and from 9th to 12th grade, as well as the intercept at Grade 9. Second, we used intervention condition and three alcohol dehydrogenase genes, 1B (ADH1B), 1C (ADH1C), and 4 (ADH4) to predict variance in slopes and intercept. Third, we examined whether genetic influences on model slopes and intercepts were moderated by intervention condition. The results indicated that the increase in alcohol use was greater in early adolescence than in middle adolescence; two of the genes, ADH1B and ADH1C, significantly predicted early adolescent slope and Grade 9 intercept, and associations between ADH1C and both early adolescent slope and intercept were significantly different across control and intervention conditions.
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- H Harrington Cleveland
- Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, 234 Health & Human Development Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16803, 814-867-2370,
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- University of Albany, SUNY, Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology & Methodology, ED 225, Albany, NY 12222, 518-442-5150,
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- Professor of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, 258A HHD Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, 814-863-8430,
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- The Pennsylvania State University, Behavioral Scientist, Northup Grumman, Falls Church, VA,
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- The Pennsylvania State University, Research Professor of Health and Human Development, 314 Biobehavioral Health Building, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16801, 814-865-7375,
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- The Pennsylvania State University, Edna Peterson Bennett Endowed Chair in Prevention Research, Professor of Human Development and Psychology, 306 BBH Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, 814-863-0112,
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- Iowa State University, Human Development and Family Studies, Ames, IA 50010, 515-294-9752,
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- Iowa State University, Human Development and Family Studies, Ames, IA 50010, 515-294-0114,
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Zheng Y, Albert D, McMahon RJ, Dodge K, Dick D. Glucocorticoid Receptor (NR3C1) Gene Polymorphism Moderate Intervention Effects on the Developmental Trajectory of African-American Adolescent Alcohol Abuse. PREVENTION SCIENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH 2018; 19:79-89. [PMID: 27817096 PMCID: PMC5420337 DOI: 10.1007/s11121-016-0726-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Accumulative evidence from recent genotype × intervention studies suggests that individuals carrying susceptible genotypes benefit more from intervention and provides one avenue to identify subgroups that respond differentially to intervention. This study examined the moderation by glucocorticoid receptor (NR3C1) gene variants of intervention effects on the developmental trajectories of alcohol abuse through adolescence. Participants were randomized into Fast Track intervention and control groups self-reported past-year alcohol abuse annually from grade 7 through 2 years post-high school and provided genotype data at age 21 (69% males; European Americans [EAs] = 270, African-Americans [AAs] = 282). Latent growth curve models were fit to examine developmental trajectories of alcohol abuse. The interactions of 10 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in NR3C1 with intervention were examined separately. Both EAs and AAs showed significant increases in past-year alcohol abuse with substantial inter-individual differences in rates of linear growth. AAs showed lower general levels and slower rates of linear growth than EAs. Adjusting for multiple tests, one NR3C1 SNP (rs12655166) significantly moderated intervention effects on the developmental trajectories of alcohol abuse among AAs. Intervention effects on the rates of linear growth were stronger among AAs carrying minor alleles than those not carrying minor alleles. The findings highlight the importance of taking a developmental perspective on adolescent alcohol use and have implications for future intervention design and evaluation by identifying subgroups that could disproportionally benefit from intervention.
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- Yao Zheng
- Institute for the Reduction of Youth Violence, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, RCB 5246, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada.
- BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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- Department of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA
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- Institute for the Reduction of Youth Violence, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, RCB 5246, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
- BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- College Behavioral and Emotional Health Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
- Departments of Psychology, African American Studies, and Human & Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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Cleveland HH, Griffin AM, Wolf PSA, Wiebe RP, Schlomer GL, Feinberg ME, Greenberg MT, Spoth RL, Redmond C, Vandenbergh DJ. Transactions Between Substance Use Intervention, the Oxytocin Receptor (OXTR) Gene, and Peer Substance Use Predicting Youth Alcohol Use. PREVENTION SCIENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH 2018; 19:15-26. [PMID: 28150062 PMCID: PMC5696096 DOI: 10.1007/s11121-017-0749-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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This study investigated the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene's moderation of associations between exposure to a substance misuse intervention, average peer substance use, and adolescents' own alcohol use during the 9th-grade. OXTR genetic risk was measured using five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and peer substance use was based on youths' nominated closest friends' own reports of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use, based on data from the PROSPER project. Regression models revealed several findings. First, low OXTR risk was linked to affiliating with friends who reported less substance use in the intervention condition but not the control condition. Second, affiliating with high substance-using friends predicted youth alcohol risk regardless of OXTR risk or intervention condition. Third, although high OXTR risk youth in the intervention condition who associated with low substance-using friends reported somewhat higher alcohol use than comparable youth in the control group, the absolute level of alcohol use among these youth was still among the lowest in the sample.
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- H. Harrington Cleveland
- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State
- Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, Penn State
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State
- Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, Penn State
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State
- Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, Penn State
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- Educational Psychology and Methodology, University at Albany, State University of New York
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State
- Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, Penn State
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- Partnershps in Prevention Science Institute, Iowa University
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State
- Neuroscience Program, Penn State
- Molecular Cellular and Integrative Biosciences Program, Penn State
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Schlomer GL, Cleveland HH, Feinberg ME, Wolf PSA, Greenberg MT, Spoth RL, Redmond C, Tricou EP, Vandenbergh DJ. Extending Previous cG×I Findings on 5-HTTLPR's Moderation of Intervention Effects on Adolescent Substance Misuse Initiation. Child Dev 2017; 88:2001-2012. [PMID: 27861757 PMCID: PMC5422137 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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This study addresses replication in candidate gene × environment interaction (cG×E) research by investigating if the key findings from Brody, Beach, Philibert, Chen, and Murry (2009) can be detected using data (N = 1,809) from the PROSPER substance use preventive intervention delivery system. Parallel to Brody et al., this study tested the hypotheses that substance misuse initiation would increase faster from age 11 to age 14 and be higher at age 14 among: (a) 5-HTTLPR short carrier adolescents versus long homozygotes, (b) control versus intervention adolescents, and (c) 5-HTTLPR short carriers in the control condition versus all other participants. The hypotheses were generally supported and results were consistent with Brody et al.'s cG×I finding. Results are discussed in light of replication issues in cG×E research and implications for intervention.
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- Gabriel L. Schlomer
- Division of Educational Psychology and Methodology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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- Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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- Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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- Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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- Partnerships in Prevention Science Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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- Partnerships in Prevention Science Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health; Huck Institutes fort the Neurosciences; Molecular Cellular & Integrative Biosciences Program, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health; Huck Institutes fort the Neurosciences; Molecular Cellular & Integrative Biosciences Program, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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Genetic and environmental contributions to age at menarche: Interactive effects of father absence and LIN28B. EVOL HUM BEHAV 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2017.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Janssens A, Van Den Noortgate W, Goossens L, Colpin H, Verschueren K, Claes S, Van Leeuwen K. Externalizing Problem Behavior in Adolescence: Parenting Interacting With DAT1 and DRD4 Genes. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE 2017; 27:278-297. [PMID: 28876518 DOI: 10.1111/jora.12271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This study extends previous gene-by-environment (G × E) research through design and methodological advances and examines alternative hypotheses of diathesis stress, vantage sensitivity, and differential susceptibility. In a sample of 984 adolescents and their parents, we examined whether effects of parental support, proactive, punitive, harsh punitive, and psychological control on externalizing problem behavior are moderated by adolescents' genotype for the dopamine transporter (DAT1) or receptor D4 (DRD4) gene. Results provided evidence for main effects of parenting behavior and DRD4, and multiple interaction effects of which one survived Bonferroni correction. Adolescents carrying a long DRD4 variant were more susceptible to the effects of parental proactive control on aggression, for better and for worse. Critical considerations were made regarding the complexity of G × E research.
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