Does parental education have a moderating effect on the genetic and environmental influences of general cognitive ability in early adulthood?

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 438-446

  Grant, Michael D ^a   Kremen, William S ^b,c   Jacobson, Kristen C ^d   Franz, Carol ^b   Xian, Hong ^e   Eisen, Seth A ^e   Toomey, Rosemary ^a,f   Murray, Ruth E ^a   Lyons, Michael J ^a,g  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Heritability; Moderator; Parental education; Twin study; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TWINS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956139100     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-010-9351-3     Document Type: Article

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