Psychological Science, suggest that marriage to a spouse who was exposed to parental alcohol misuse as a child increases that person’s likelihood of developing AUD, even if the spouse does not have a drinking disorder.“Our goal here was to examine whether a spouse’s genetic makeup influences risk for AUD,” said Dr.
Jessica Salvatore, an assistant professor of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University, and lead author on the paper.“In a somewhat surprising twist, we found that it wasn’t the spouse’s genetic makeup that influenced AUD risk.
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