Matt McGue

Professor of Psychology

PUBLICATIONS

 

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2003 and in press

Bouchard, T.J. & McGue, M. (2003). Genetic and environmental influences on human psychological differences. Journal of Neurobiology, 54: 4-45.

Frederiksen, H., Gaist, D., Bathum, L., Andersen, K., McGue, M., Vaupel, J.W. & Christensen, K. (2003). Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism in relation to physical performance, cognition and survival - a follow-up study of elderly Danish twins. Annals of Epidemiology, 13: 57-65.

Maier, H., McGue, M., Vaupel, J.W., & Christensen, K. (2002). Cognitive impairment and survival at older ages. In Finch, C., Robine, J.M., & Christen, Y. (eds.). Brain and Longevity (pp 131-144), Foundation Ipsen (Springer): Paris.

Klump, K.L., McGue, M., & Iacono, W.G. (2003). Differential heritability of eating attitudes and behaviors in pre- versus post-pubertal twins. International Journal of Eating Disorders, in press.

von Ranson K.M., Iacono, W.G., & McGue, M. (2003). Disordered eating and substance use in an epidemiological sample: II. Associations within families. International Journal of Eating Disorders, in press.

McGue, M. & Iacono, W.G. (2003). The initiation of substance use in adolescence: A behavioral genetic perspective. In L.F. DiLalla (ed.) Behavior Genetic Principles -- Development, Personality, and Psychopathology: Essays in Honor of Irving I. Gottesman. Washington DC: American Psychological Association, in press.

McGue, M. & Christensen, K. (2003). The heritability of depression symptoms in elderly Danish twins: Occasion-specific versus general effects. Behavior Genetics, in press.

Bouchard, T.J., Segal, N.L., Tellegen, A., McGue, M., Keyes, M. & Krueger, R. (2003). Evidence for the construct validity and heritability of the Wilson-Patterson conservatism scale: A reared-apart twins study of social attitudes. Personality and Individual Differences, in press.

Burt, S.A., Krueger, R.F., McGue, M. & Iacono, W. (2003). Parent-child conflict and the comorbidity among childhood externalizing disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry, in press.

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2002

Malone, S.M., Iacono, W.G. & McGue, M. (2002). Drinks of the father: father's maximum number of drinks consumed predicts externalizing disorders, substance use, and substance use disorders in preadolescent and adolescent offspring. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 26: 1823-1832.

Iacono, W.G. & McGue, M. (2002). Minnesota Twin Family Study. Twin Research, 5: 482-487.

Carlson, S.R., McGue, M. & Iacono, W.G. (2002). P300 amplitude in adolescent twins discordant and concordant for alcohol use disorders. Biological Psychology, 61: 203-207.

Bottini N., MacMurray J., Rostamkani M., McGue M., Iacono W.G. & Comings D.E. (2002). Association between the low molecular weight cytosolic acid phosphatase gene ACP1*A and comorbid features of Tourette syndrome. Neuroscience Letters, 330:198-200.

Krueger, R.F., Hicks, B.M., Patrick, C.J., Carlson, S.R., Iacono, W.G., & McGue, M. (2001). Etiologic conections among substance dependence, antisocial behavior, and personality: Modeling the externalizing dimension. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111: 411-424.

Comings, D.E., Wu, S., Rostamkani, M., McGue, M., Iacono, W.G. & MacMurray, J.P. (2002). Association of the muscarinic cholinergic 2 receptor (CHRM2) gene with major depression in women. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics), 11: 527-529.

Johnson, W., McGue, M., Gaist, D., Vaupel, J.W., & Christensen, K. (2002). Frequency and heritability of depression symptomatology in the second half of life: Evidence from Danish twins over 45. Psychological Medicine, 32: 1175-1185.

Frederiksen, H., Gaist, D., Petersen, H.C., Hjelmborg, J., McGue, M., Vaupel, J.W., Christensen, K. (2002). Hand grip strength: a phenotype suitable for identifying gentic variants affecting mid and late life functioning. Genetic Epidemiology, 23: 110-122.

McGue, M., & Christensen, K. (2002). The heritability of level and rate-of-change in cognitive functioning in Danish twins aged 70 years and older. Experimental Aging Research, 28: 435-451.

Burt, S.A., McGue, M., Iacono, W.G., Comings, D., & MacMurray, J. (2002). An examination of the association between DRD4 and DRD2 polymorphisms and personality traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 33: 849-859.

Iacono, W.G., Carlson, S.R., Malone, S.M., & McGue, M. (2002). P300 event-related potential amplitude as an indicator of risk for disinhibitory psychopathology: An epidemiological study of adolescent boys, Archives of General Psychiatry, 59: 750-757.

Taylor, J., Malone, S., Iacono, W.G., & McGue, M. (2002). Development of substance dependence in two delinquency subgroups and nondelinquents from a male twin sample. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 41: 386-393.

Andersen, K., Nybo, H., Gaist, D., Petersen, H.C., McGue, M., Jeune, B., Vaupel, J.W., Christensen, K. (2002). Cognitive impairment and mortality among nonagenarians: The Danish 1905 cohort survey. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 13: 156-163.

Klump, K.L., McGue, M., & Iacono, W.G. (2002). Genetic relationships between personality and disordered eating, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111: 380-389.

von Ranson K.M., Iacono, W.G., & McGue, M. (2002). Disordered eating and substance use in an epidemiological sample: I. Associations within individuals, International Journal of Eating Disorders, 31: 389-403.

Johnson, W., Krueger, R.F., Bouchard, T.J. Jr., & McGue, M. (2002). The personalities of twins: Just ordinary folks. Twin Research, 5: 125-131.

Frederiksen, H., McGue, M., Jeune, B., Gaist, D., Nybo, H., Skytthe, A., Vaupel, J.W., & Christensen, K. (2002). Do children of long-lived parents age more successfully? Epidemiology, 13: 334-339.

Christensen, K., Gaist, D., Vaupel, J.W., & McGue, M. (2002). The genetic contribution to rate-of-change in functional abilities among Danish twins aged 75 years and older. American Journal of Epidemiology, 155: 132-139.

 

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2001

Krueger, R.F., McGue, M. & Icaono, W.G. (2001). The higher-order structure of common DSM mental disorders: Internalization, externalization, and their connections to personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 30: 1245-1259.

Malone, S.M., Iacono, W.G., & McGue, M. (2001). Event-related potentials and comorbidity in alcohol-dependent adult males. Psychophysiology, 38: 367-376.

Klump, K.L., Miller, K.B., Keel, P.K., McGue, M., & Iacono, W.G. (2001). A population-based twin study of anorexia and bulimia nervosa: Heritability and shared transmission with anxiety disorders, Psychological Medicine, 31: 737-740.

McGue, M., Iacono, W.G., Legrand, L.N., & Elkins, I. (2001). The origins and consequences of age at first drink. II. Familial rsik and heritability, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 25: 1166-1173.

McGue, M., Iacono, W.G., Legrand, L.N., Malone, S. & Elkins, I. (2001). The origins and consequences of age at first drink. I. Associations with substance-use disoders, disnihibitory behavior and psychopathology, and P3 amplitude, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 25: 1156-1165.

Burt, S.A., Krueger, R.F., McGue, M. & Iacono, W.G. (2001). Sources of comorbidity among attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder: The imporatnce of shared environment, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 110: 516-525.

McGue, M. (2001). The genetics of personality. In Rimoin, D.L., Connor, J.M., Pyeritz, R.E., & Korf, B.R. (eds.) Emery & Rimoin's Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics, Fourth Edition. London: Churchill Livingston, pp 2791-2800.

McGue, M. & Christensen, K. (2001). The heritability of cognitive functioning in the very old: evidence from Danish twins aged 75 years and older. Psychology and Aging, 16: 272-280.

Jockin, V., Arvey, R. D. & McGue, M. (2001). Perceived victimization moderatees self-reports of workplace aggression and conflict. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 86: 1262-1269.

Comings, D.E., Wu, S.J.., Gonzales, N., Iacono, W.G., McGue, M., Peters, W.W., & MacMurray, J.P. (2001). Cholecystokinin (CCK) gene as a possible risk factor for smoking: A replication in two independent samples. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 73: 349-353.

Krueger, R.F., Hicks, B.M., & McGue, M. (2001). Altruism and antisocial behavior: Independent tendencies, unique personality correlates, distinct etiologies. Psychological Science, 12:397-402.

Christensen, K., Støvring, H., & McGue, M. (2001). Do genetic factors contribute to the association between birth weight and blood pressure? A test of the Fetal Insulin Hypothesis. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55: 583-587.

Nybo, H., Gaist, D., Jeune, B., McGue, M., Vaupel, J.W., & Christensen, K. (2001). Functional status and self-rated health in 2,262 nonagenerians: The Danish 1905-Cohort Survey. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 49: 601-609.

Nybo, H., Gaist, D., Jeune, B., Bathum, L., McGue, M., Vaupel, J.W., & Christensen, K. (2001). The Danish 1905-Cohort: A genetic-epidemiological nationwide survey. Journal of Aging and Health, 13: 32-46.

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2000

MacMurray, J., Kovacs, B., McGue, M., Johnson, J.P., Blake, H., & Comings, D.E. (2000). Associations between the endothelial nitric oxide syntahse gene (NOS3), reproductive behaviors, and twinning. In Rodgers, J.L., Rowe, D.C., & Miller, W.B. (Eds.). Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality: Theoretical Contributions from the Biological and Behavioral Sciences (pp 303-316). Boston MA: Kluwer Academic.

Comings, D.E., Johnson, J.P., Gonzalez, N.S., Huss, M., Saucier, G., McGue, M., & MacMurray, J. (2000). Association between the adrenergic alpha(2A) receptor gene (ADRA2A) and measures of irritability, hostility, impulsivity, and memory in normal subjects. Psychiatric Genetics, 10: 39-42.

Gaist, D., Bathum, L., Skytthe, A., Jensen, T.K., McGue, M., Vaupel, J.W., & Christensen, K. (2000). Strength and anthropometric measures in identical and fraternal twins: No evidence of masculinization of females with male co-twins. Epidemiology, 11: 340-343.

Christensen, K., McGue, M., Yashin, A.I., Iachine, I., Corder, L., Holm, N. & Vaupel, J.W. (2000). Genetic and environmental influences on functional abilities in Danish twins aged 75 years and older. Journal of Gerontology, Series A - Biological Sciences, 55: M446-M452.

McGue, M. (2000). Authorship and intellectual property. In B.D. Sales & S. Folkman (eds.). Ethics in the conduct of research with human participants (pp 74-95). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

Taylor, J.T., Iacono, W.G., & McGue, M. (2000). Evidence for a genetic etiology of early-onset delinquency. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109: 634-643.

McGue, Elkins, I., & Iacono, W.G. (2000). Genetic and environmental influences on adolescent substance use and abuse. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics), 96: 671-677.

Taylor, J., McGue, M., Iacono, W.G., & Lykken, D.T. (2000). A behavioral genetic analysis of the relationship between the socialization scale and self-reported delinquency. Journal of Personality, 68: 29-50.

Legrand, L.N., McGue, M., & Iacono, W.G. (2000). Early adolescent substance use: A search for gene-environment interactions and an understanding of the contributions of personality. Behavior Genetics, 29: 433-444.

Taylor, J., McGue, M., & Iacono, W.G. (2000). Sex differences, assortative mating, and cultural transmission effects on adolescent delinquency: A twin family study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 41: 433-440.

Klump, K.L., Iacono, W.G., & McGue, M. (2000). Physical similarity and twin resemblance for eating attitudes and behaviors: A test of the equal environments assumption. Behavior Genetics, 30: 51-58.

Klump, K.L., McGue, M., & Iacono, W.G. (2000). Age differences in genetic and environmental influences on eating attitudes and behaviors in adolescent twins. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109: 239-251.

Taylor, J., McGue, M., Iacono, W.G., & Lykken, D.T. (2000). A behavioral genetic analysis of the relationship between socialization and delinquency. Journal of Personality, 68: 29-50.

Hadley, EC, Rossi, WK, Albert, S, Bailey-Wilson, J, Baron, J, Cawthon, R, Christian, JC, Corder, EH, Franceschi, C, Kestenbaum, B, Kruglyak, L, Lauderdale, DS, Lubitz, J, Martin, GM, McClearn, GE, McGue, M, Miles, T, Mineau, G, Ouellett, G, Pedersen, NL, Preston, SH, Page, WF, Province, M, Schachter, F, Schork, NJ, Vaupel, JW, Vijg, J, Wallace, R, Wang, E, Wijsman, EM. (2000). Genetic epidemiologic studies on age-specified traits. American Journal of Epidemiology, 152: 1003-1008.

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1999

Iacono, W.G., Carlson, S.R., Taylor, J.T., Elkins, I.J., & McGue, M. (1999). Behavioral disinhibition and the development of substance use disorders: Findings from the Minnesota Twin Family Study. Development & Psychopathology, 11, 869-900.

Bouchard, T.J. Jr., McGue, M., Lykken, D. & Tellegen, A. (1999). Intrinsic and extrinsic religiousness: Genetic and environmental influences and personality correlates. Twin Research, 2: 88-98.

Han, C., McGue, M.K., & Iacono, W.G. (1999). Lifetime tobacco, alcohol, and other substance use in adolescent Minnesota twins: Univariate and multivariate behavioral genetic analyses, Addiction, 7: 981-993.

McGue, M. (1999). Phenotyping alcoholism. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 23: 757-758.

Disney, E.R., Elkins, I.J., McGue, M., & Iacono, W.G. (1999). The effects of ADHD, conduct disorder, and gender on substance use and abuse in adolescence. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156: 1515-1521.

Taylor, J., Carlson, SR, Iacono, W.G., McGue, M. (1999). Individual differences in electrodermal responsivity to predictable aversive stimuli and substance dependence. Psychophysiology, 36: 193-198.

McGue, M., Slutske, W.., & Iacono, W.G. (1999). Personality and substance use disorders. II. Alcoholism versus drug use disorders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67: 394-404.

Christensen, K., Holm, N., McGue, M., Corder, L. & Vaupel, J.W. (1999). A Danish population-based twin study on self-rated health in the elderly. Journal of Aging and Health, 11: 49-64.

Legrand, L.N., McGue, M. & Iacono, W.G. (1999). A twin study of state and trait anxiety. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 40: 953-958.

McGue, M. (1999). Behavioral genetic models of alcoholism and drinking. In K.E. Leonard & H.T. Blane (eds.). Psychological theories of drinking and alcoholism. (pp.372-421). New York: Guilford Publications.

McGue, M. (1999). The behavioral genetics of alcoholism. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 8: 109-115.

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1998

Bouchard, T.J., McGue, M., Hur, Y.M., & Horn, J. (1998). A genetic and environmental analysis of the California Psychological Inventory using adult twins reared apart and together. European Journal of Personality, 12: 307-320.

Finkel, D., & McGue, M. (1998). Age differences in the nature and origin of individual differences in memory: A behavioral genetic analysis. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 47: 217-239.

van den Bree, M.B.M., Johnson, E.O., Neale, M.C., Svikis, D.S., McGue, M., & Pickens, R.W. (1998). Genetic analysis of diagnostic systems of alcoholism in males. Biological Psychiatry, 43: 139-145.

Hur, Y-M., McGue, M. & Iacono, W.G. (1998). The structure of self-concept in female pre-adolescent twins: A behavioral genetic approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74: 1069-1077.

Sharma, A.R., McGue, M.K., & Benson, P.L. (1998). The psychological adjustment of United States adopted adolescents and their nonadopted siblings. Child Development, 69: 791-802.

McGuire, K.A., Katsanis, J., Iacono, W.G., McGue, M. (1998). Genetic influences on the spontaneous EEG: An examination of 15-year-old and 17-year-old twins. Developmental Neuropsychology 14: 7-18.

Holdcraft, L.C., Iacono, W.G., McGue, M.K. (1998). Antisocial personality disorder and depression in relation to alcoholism: A community-based sample. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 59: 222-226.

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1997

Sherman, D.K., McGue, M.K., & Iacono, W.G. (1997). Twin concordance for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 154: 532-535.

Sherman, D.K., Iacono, W.G., McGue, M.K. (1997). Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder dimensions: A twin study of inattention and impulsivity-hyperactivity. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36: 745-753.

McGue, M., Slutske, W., Taylor, J., & Iacono, W.G. (1997). Personality and substance use disorders. I. Effects of gender and alcoholism subtype. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 21: 513-520.

Elkins, I. J., Iacono, W. G., Doyle, A. E., and McGue, M. (1997). Characteristics associated with the persistence of antisocial behavior: Results from recent longitudinal research. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2: 101-124.

McGue, M., & Bouchard, T.J. Jr. (1997). Genetic and environmental influences on human behavioral differences. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 21: 1-24.

McGue, M., & Christensen, K. (1997). Genetic and environmental contributions to depression symptomatology: Evidence from Danish twins aged 75 years and older. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 106: 439-448.

McGue, M. (1997). Alcoholism as a model of behavioral genetic research. Review of Henri Begleiter & Benjamin Kissin (Eds.) The Genetics of Alcoholism. Contemporary Psychology, 42: 498-500.

McGue, M. (1997). The children of alcoholics: A behavioral genetic perspective. Alcohol Health and Research World, 21: 210-217.

McGue, M. (1997). The democracy of the genes. Nature, 388: 417-418.

Carlson, S.R., Katsanis, J., Iacono, W.G., McGue, M. (1997). Emotional modulation of the startle reflex in twins. Biological Psychology, 46: 235-246.

 

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