 The structure of the genetic and environmental influences on mental well-beingC.L.M. Keyes, J.M. Myers and K.S. Kendler American Journal of Public Health, 2010, vol. 100, issue 12, 2379-2384 Abstract: Objectives. We sought to investigate the structure of the genetic and environmental in?uences on 3 measures of mental well-being. Methods. Analyses focused on the subsample of 349 monozygotic and 321 dizygotic same-sex twin pairs from a nationally representative sample of twins who completed self-report measures of emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Results. The best-?t model contained a common pathway to all 3 measures of well-being, no shared environmental effects, and 1 set of parameters for men and women. Heritability for the latent ''mental well-being'' factor was high (72%) and best indexed by psychological well-being. Moderate trait-speci?c genetic effects were seen for emotional and social well-being. Nonshared environmental effects for all measures were mostly trait speci?c. Conclusions. Genetic in?uences on the measures of mental well-being re?ect a single, highly heritable genetic factor, although some trait-speci?c genetic in?uences were seen for emotional and social well-being. Moderate proportions of environmental in?uences were also shared, but the majority of unique environment was trait-specific. Date: 2010 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2010.193615_0 Access Statistics for this article American Journal of Public Health is currently edited by Alfredo Morabia More articles in American Journal of Public Health from American Public Health Association |
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