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Pathways Between a Polygenic Score for Educational Attainment and Higher Educational Attainment in an African American Sample.
Behavior genetics - 1 Jan 2020
Rabinowitz Jill A, Kuo Sally I-Chun, Domingue Benjamin, Smart Mieka, Felder William, Benke Kelly, Maher Brion S, Ialongo Nicholas S, Uhl George
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We investigated the extent to which performance on standardized achievement tests, executive function (EF), and aggression in childhood and adolescence accounted for the relationship between a polygenic score for educational attainment (EA PGS) and years of education in a community sample of African Americans. Participants (N = 402; 49.9% female) were initially recruited for an elementary school-based prevention...
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