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Monika A Waszczuk¹, Hayley C Leonard², Elisabeth L Hill²

¹King's College London, MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK.

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Familial factors and individual environments influence coordination difficulties and internalizing symptoms like anxiety and depression. Shared genetic and environmental influences largely explain the link between poor coordination and these mental health conditions.

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Anxiety Coordination Depression Developmental coordination disorder Twin study

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Psychiatry
Behavioral Genetics

Background:

Individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders often experience increased anxiety and depression.
Motor coordination difficulties are associated with these internalizing symptoms, but the underlying causes are unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate genetic, shared environmental, and non-shared environmental influences on the association between poor coordination and symptoms of anxiety and depressed mood.
To utilize a twin and sibling pair design to disentangle these etiological factors.

Main Methods:

Adult twin and sibling pairs reported on their coordination skills, anxiety symptoms, and depressed mood.
Biometric analyses were conducted to estimate the contributions of familial and environmental factors.

Main Results:

Approximately 50% of the variance in coordination difficulty was attributed to familial influences (genetic and shared environment).
The association between coordination difficulty and anxiety (r=.46) and depression (r=.44) was primarily explained by shared familial liability.
Non-shared environmental factors accounted for roughly one-third of the phenotypic association.

Conclusions:

Both familial (genetic and shared environmental) and non-shared environmental factors contribute to the etiology of coordination difficulty and its link with internalizing symptoms.
Future research should explore shared biological and environmental pathways to inform clinical prevention and treatment strategies.