Normative childhood repetitive routines and obsessive compulsive symptomatology in 6-year-old twins
Bolton, Derek ; Rijsdijk, Fruhling ; Eley, Thalia ; O'Connor, Thomas ; Briskman, Jacqueline and Perrin, Sean LU
(2009)
In Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
50(9).
p.1139-1146
- Abstract
- Background: To investigate the association between normative repetitive routines of childhood and
paediatric obsessive compulsive symptom syndrome (OCSS) and the extent to which it is genetically
mediated. Methods: In a two-phase design a community sample of 4,662 6-year-old twin-pairs were
sampled and 854 pairs were assessed in the second phase for normative repetitive routines using the
Childhood Routines Inventory (CRI) and for OCSS by maternal-informant diagnostic interview. The
OCSS phenotype was defined using standard diagnostic criteria for obsessive compulsive disorder, though regardless of impairment. Results: In the bivariate model, correlation between the CRI defined phenotype and the... (More) - Background: To investigate the association between normative repetitive routines of childhood and
paediatric obsessive compulsive symptom syndrome (OCSS) and the extent to which it is genetically
mediated. Methods: In a two-phase design a community sample of 4,662 6-year-old twin-pairs were
sampled and 854 pairs were assessed in the second phase for normative repetitive routines using the
Childhood Routines Inventory (CRI) and for OCSS by maternal-informant diagnostic interview. The
OCSS phenotype was defined using standard diagnostic criteria for obsessive compulsive disorder, though regardless of impairment. Results: In the bivariate model, correlation between the CRI defined phenotype and the OCSS phenotype was estimated to be .40 (95% CI .27–.50), and this correlation was attributable wholly to additive genetic effects. The bivariate model also provided estimates of heritability of the two phenotypes separately: 55% (95% CI 80–89%) for the OCSS phenotype, with the remaining variance attributable mainly to non-shared environment, and 50% (95% CI 39–62%) for CRI assessed normative repetitive routines of childhood, with 36% of the remaining variance attributable to shared environment and 14% to non-shared. Conclusions: The moderate correlation between normative childhood repetitive routines and obsessive compulsive symptomatology, attributable to genetic factors, is consistent with the hypothesis that high levels of this trait in young children constitute a risk factor for the development of obsessive compulsive symptoms. (Less)
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- Bolton, Derek
; Rijsdijk, Fruhling
; Eley, Thalia
; O'Connor, Thomas
; Briskman, Jacqueline
and Perrin, Sean
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- keywords
- Obsessive compulsive disorder, Childhood Routines Inventory, children, twins, genetics.
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- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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- 50
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- 9
- pages
- 1139 - 1146
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- Wiley-Blackwell
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- 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02094.x
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- English
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abstract = {{Background: To investigate the association between normative repetitive routines of childhood and<br/><br>
paediatric obsessive compulsive symptom syndrome (OCSS) and the extent to which it is genetically<br/><br>
mediated. Methods: In a two-phase design a community sample of 4,662 6-year-old twin-pairs were<br/><br>
sampled and 854 pairs were assessed in the second phase for normative repetitive routines using the<br/><br>
Childhood Routines Inventory (CRI) and for OCSS by maternal-informant diagnostic interview. The<br/><br>
OCSS phenotype was defined using standard diagnostic criteria for obsessive compulsive disorder, though regardless of impairment. Results: In the bivariate model, correlation between the CRI defined phenotype and the OCSS phenotype was estimated to be .40 (95% CI .27–.50), and this correlation was attributable wholly to additive genetic effects. The bivariate model also provided estimates of heritability of the two phenotypes separately: 55% (95% CI 80–89%) for the OCSS phenotype, with the remaining variance attributable mainly to non-shared environment, and 50% (95% CI 39–62%) for CRI assessed normative repetitive routines of childhood, with 36% of the remaining variance attributable to shared environment and 14% to non-shared. Conclusions: The moderate correlation between normative childhood repetitive routines and obsessive compulsive symptomatology, attributable to genetic factors, is consistent with the hypothesis that high levels of this trait in young children constitute a risk factor for the development of obsessive compulsive symptoms.}},
author = {{Bolton, Derek and Rijsdijk, Fruhling and Eley, Thalia and O'Connor, Thomas and Briskman, Jacqueline and Perrin, Sean}},
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