Spousal Choices Can Influence The Risk Of Developing Alcoholism / Medical News Today, 28 April 2007
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"Alcohol dependence (AD) is more common among partners of alcoholics than among partners of non-alcoholics. A new study examines two kinds of spousal similarity for influence on AD risk: assortative mating (like marries like), and reciprocal spousal interaction (an individual's behaviour directly influences his/her spouse's behaviour)."

Spousal Concordance for Alcohol Dependence: Evidence for Assortative Mating or Spousal Interaction Effects?
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 31 (5), 717–728.
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Julia D. Grant, Andrew C. Heath, Kathleen K. Bucholz, Pamela A.F. Madden, Arpana Agrawal, Dixie J. Statham, Nicholas G. Martin (2007)
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