Open AccessCommon Liabilities in Internalizing Symptoms and Cigarette Use in Adolescence
Author(s) -
Cristina B. Bares,
Judy L. Silberg,
Kenneth S. Kendler,
Hermine H. Maes
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntaa237
Subject(s) - cigarette smoking , twin study , psychology , mood , variance (accounting) , clinical psychology , environmental health , demography , medicine , heritability , genetics , accounting , sociology , business , biology
Substance use and mood disorders account for about 10% of the global burden of disease and, among adolescents, are a significant source of disability. The present study examined whether additive genetic or shared environmental factors influenced the covariance of internalizing symptoms and cigarette use during adolescence when both of these problems begin to increase.