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Heritability of overlapping impulsivity and compulsivity dimensional phenotypes.
Scientific reports - 1 Sept 2020
Tiego Jeggan, Chamberlain Samuel R, Harrison Ben J, Dawson Andrew, Albertella Lucy, Youssef George J, Fontenelle Leonardo F, Yücel Murat
Abstract excerpt
Impulsivity and compulsivity are traits relevant to a range of mental health problems and have traditionally been conceptualised as distinct constructs. Here, we reconceptualised impulsivity and compulsivity as partially overlapping phenotypes using a bifactor modelling approach and estimated heritability for their shared and unique phenotypic variance within a classical twin design. Adult twin pairs (N = 173)...
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