The heritability of social connections among older adults and their associations with mental and cognitive health: Older Australian Twins Study
Social connections were weakly heritable, suggesting large environmental determination. Connections with friends/neighbours/community were associated with better mental health cross-sectionally and over time.
Authors
- J Trollor
- Suraj Samtani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9957-1916)
- Anne-Nicole Casey
- H Brodaty
- Ben C. P. Lam
- Perminder S. Sachdev
- Vibeke S. Catts
- Anbupalam Thalamuthu
Institutions
- La Trobe University (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 2026-01-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.10505
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- La Trobe University
- University of New South Wales
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney