In contrast, men reporting the lowest value for items on the uplifts scale had fewer employment, social, and family obligations and relationships than those reporting higher values. Those who are less involved with or responsible to others do not benefit from the social control functions that social integration provides. For instance, men who are genetically predisposed to behavioral undercontrol may nonetheless be motivated to avoid drinking socially after work and on weekends if they have loving wives and children waiting at home. On the other hand, among men without these external mechanisms of control, the high-risk genotype at GABRA2 is likely to be fully expressed.
