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Polygenic score for educational attainment captures DNA variants shared between personality traits and educational achievement.

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Smith-Woolley, Emily, Selzam, Saskia, Plomin, Robert·2019·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
DOI 10.1037/pspp0000241PMC PMC6902055
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  • The unexplained remainder of the mate-pair PGI correlation is due to assortment on phenotypes correlated with the EA PGI other than EA, cognitive performance, and vocabulary-possibly including personality traits-and sources of social homogamy other than genetic ancestry captured by the top 40 PCs-possibly including geographic location at courtship age, socioeconomic status, and social class.

    “This remainder is due to assortment on phenotypes correlated with the EA PGI other than EA, cognitive performance, and vocabulary—possibly including various personality traits42-44—and sources of social homogamy other than genetic ancestry captured by the top 40 PCs—possibly including geographic location at courtship age45,46, socioeconomic status, and social class47.”

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Smith-Woolley, E., Selzam, S., & Plomin, R.
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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
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American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2019-12
Volume
117
Issue
6
Pages
1145-1163
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  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
DOI
10.1037/pspp0000241
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PMC6902055
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W2925596926
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  • Medical Research Council (MR/M021475/1, G19/2)
  • National Institutes of Health (AG046938)
  • European Research Council (602768; 295366)
  • Medical Research Council/IoPPN
  • GSTT Charity (TR130505)
  • Maudsley Charity (980)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
Keywords
polygenic risk score, educational attainment, personality traits, shared genetic variants, heritability
MeSH terms
Neuroticism, Academic Success, Achievement, Adolescent, DNA, Extraversion, Psychological, Female, United Kingdom, Humans, Male, Personality, Personality Inventory, Multifactorial Inheritance

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