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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Twin Res Hum Genet. 2018 Feb;21(1):12–23. doi: 10.1017/thg.2017.72

Table 4.

NVS Environmental Risk Factors, Personality Constructs, Alcohol and Substance Use, Phenotypes, Units of Analysis, and Measures


Units of Analysis

Constructs Phenotypes Participant-Report Paradigm Physiological
Risk/Protective Factors Peer victimization Multidimensional Peer Victimization Scale1,2
Index of Peer Relations1,2
Experiences with close relationships-revised1,2
Parent Psychopathology CIDI-SF1
Life events/trauma Stress and Adversity Inventory 1,2
Parenting Parental Bonding Instrument 1

Alcohol Use Severity of Alcohol Use Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test 1,2
Expectations of Alcohol Use Drinking Expectancy Profile 1,2

Smoking Severity of Nicotine Use Fagerstrom Test of Nicotine Dependence 1,2

Temperament/Personality* Neuroticism, extraversion Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Short Form 1,2
Anxiety sensitivity Anxiety Sensitivity Index 1,2 CO2 challenge 1,2 HRV, SC, RR, TV, HR 1,2
Behavioral inhibition/activation Behavioral Inhibition System/Behavioral Activation System Scales 1,2
Unemotionality Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits 1,2
*

Not formally included in RDoC matrix

Note. Superscript of 1 = included in wave 1; superscript of 2 = included in wave 2. HRV = heart rate variability; SC = skin conductance; RR = respiration rate; TV = tidal respiratory volume; CIDI-SF= Composite International Diagnostic Interview-Short Form