Publications by authors named "J E SALVATORE"
Etiology and correlates of alcohol misuse in early midlife.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken)
December 2024
Background: Early midlife individuals (ages 30-40) experience demographic shifts that may influence the remainder of adult life. Although new or persistent alcohol misuse is common during this period, early midlife is understudied in alcohol use literature. We examined the heritability of alcohol misuse; the associations between alcohol misuse and sociodemographic factors, physical health, and well-being; and whether these associations were robust in cotwin comparisons.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Associations between childhood trauma, neurodevelopment, alcohol use disorder (AUD), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are understudied during adolescence.
Methods: Using 1652 participants (51.75% female, baseline = 14.
Introduction: The New Jersey Kids Study (NJKS) is a transdisciplinary statewide initiative to understand influences on child health, development, and disease. We conducted a mixed-methods study of project planning teams to investigate team effectiveness and relationships between team dynamics and quality of deliverables.
Methods: Ten theme-based working groups (WGs) (e.
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- A study using Swedish national register data involving over 2.8 million individuals investigated the relationship between divorce and family genetic risk scores (FGRS) for ten psychiatric disorders.
- The findings revealed that individuals who experienced divorce had higher FGRS for all disorders compared to those who remained stably married or never married.
- Additionally, divorced females exhibited higher FGRS than divorced males, and higher FGRS was linked to those who did not remarry or had multiple divorces, highlighting how genetic factors may influence both divorce rates and psychiatric risk.
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- High BMI during adolescence is a strong predictor of obesity in adulthood, but the specific relationship isn't fully understood.
- The study analyzed data from 1,400 Finnish twins over several years to explore how adolescent BMI influences adult weight changes, emphasizing genetic factors.
- Results show that both genetic influences and adolescent BMI are associated with weight gain in adulthood, indicating that genetic predisposition in youth can lead to increased body weight later in life.