Evidence for strong genetic correlations among internalizing psychopathology and related self-reported measures using both genomic and twin/adoptive approaches.

DE Gustavson, EF Stern, CA Reynolds… - … and Clinical Science, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
The internalizing construct captures shared variance underlying risk for mood and anxiety
disorders. Internalizing factors based on diagnoses (or symptoms) of major depressive …

Internalizing and externalizing psychopathology in middle age: genetic and environmental architecture and stability of symptoms over 15 to 20 years

DE Gustavson, CE Franz, MS Panizzon… - Psychological …, 2020 - cambridge.org
BackgroundInternalizing and externalizing psychopathology factors explain much of the
covariance among psychiatric conditions, especially at the level of genetic risk. However …

Direct, indirect and pleiotropic effects of candidate genes on internalizing disorder psychopathology

JM Hettema, X Chen, C Sun, TA Brown - Psychological Medicine, 2015 - cambridge.org
BackgroundTwin studies of internalizing disorders suggest that their high co-morbidity is
partially explained by shared genetic risk. Few studies have investigated pleiotropic effects …

The phenotypic and genetic structure of depression and anxiety disorder symptoms in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood

MA Waszczuk, HMS Zavos, AM Gregory… - JAMA psychiatry, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance TheDSM-5classifies mood and anxiety disorders as separate conditions.
However, some studies in adults find a unidimensional internalizing factor that underpins …

Strong genetic correlation between interview-assessed internalizing disorders and a brief self-report symptom scale

LC Gjerde, E Røysamb, N Czajkowski… - Twin Research and …, 2011 - cambridge.org
Self-report scales for symptoms of anxiety and depression are frequently used for screening
and research purposes. A moderate phenotypic association between disorders measured …

A broad internalizing dimension accounts for the genetic associations between personality and individual internalizing disorders.

HE Poore, AL Watts, HP Friedman… - … of psychopathology and …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Much research has demonstrated that psychopathology can be described in terms of broad
dimensions, representing liability for multiple psychiatric disorders. Broad spectra of …

Genetic and environmental risk structure of internalizing psychopathology in youth

JM Hettema, JL Bourdon, C Sawyers… - Depression and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Internalizing disorders (IDs), consisting of syndromes of anxiety and
depression, are common, debilitating conditions often beginning early in life. Various trait …

Central and peripheral symptoms in network analysis are differentially heritable a twin study of anxious misery

BO Olatunji, C Christian, E Strachan… - Journal of Affective …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background: Evidence suggests that depression and anxiety disorders are genetically
based. Although symptoms of these internalizing disorders tend to correlate, the degree to …

Genome‐wide analysis of adolescent psychotic‐like experiences shows genetic overlap with psychiatric disorders

O Pain, F Dudbridge, AG Cardno… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to test for overlap in genetic influences between psychotic‐like experience
traits shown by adolescents in the community, and clinically‐recognized psychiatric …

Psychological and social risk factors associated with development of psychopathology, controlling for biological influence

J Isaksson, V Zetterqvist, M Ramklint - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Using twin/sibling/adoptee designs, a number of unique predictors of psychopathology were
found, even when controlling for familial confounders and other specified risk factors. Future …