Genetic and environmental influences on problematic Internet use: A twin study

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Highlights：

• MZ-male twin correlations were larger than the DZ-male correlations.

• For male twin-pairs, the genetic factors influenced scores on the PIUS.

• The genetic and non-shared environmental effects are equally influential on total-PIU.

摘要

•MZ-male twin correlations were larger than the DZ-male correlations.•For male twin-pairs, the genetic factors influenced scores on the PIUS.•The genetic and non-shared environmental effects are equally influential on total-PIU.

论文关键词：Problematic Internet use,Internet addiction,Twin study,Behavioral genetics,Genetic influence,Environmental influence

论文评审过程：Available online 12 August 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.038