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Identifying shared environmental contributions to early substance use: the respective roles of peers and parents.
Journal of abnormal psychology - 1 Aug 2004
Walden Brent, McGue Matt, Lacono William G, Burt S Alexandra, Elkins Irene
Abstract excerpt
Although behavior genetic studies have suggested that early substance use is primarily environmentally mediated, no study has sought to identify the specific sources of environmental variance. Using data obtained from multiple informants, this study assessed the contributions of peer deviance and parent-child relationship problems to substance use in 14-year-old male and female twins (N = 1,403) drawn from the...
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