Article
Replication of a gene-environment interaction Via Multimodel inference: additive-genetic variance in adolescents' general cognitive ability increases with family-of-origin socioeconomic status.
Behavior genetics - 1 Mar 2015
Kirkpatrick Robert M, McGue Matt, Iacono William G
Abstract excerpt
The present study of general cognitive ability attempts to replicate and extend previous investigations of a biometric moderator, family-of-origin socioeconomic status (SES), in a sample of 2,494 pairs of adolescent twins, non-twin biological siblings, and adoptive siblings assessed with individually administered IQ tests. We hypothesized that SES would covary positively with additive-genetic variance and...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adoption
- Biometry
- Cognition
- Environment
- Female
- Gene-Environment Interaction
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Intelligence
- Intelligence Tests
