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Mõttus, René, Realo, Anu, Vainik, Uku , Allik, Jüri and Esko, Tõnu (2017) Educational attainment and personality are genetically intertwined. Psychological Science, 28 . pp. 1631-1639. doi:10.1177/0956797617719083 ISSN 1467-9280.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797617719083
Abstract
Heritable variance in psychological traits may reflect genetic and biological processes that are not necessarily specific to these particular traits but pertain to a broader range of phenotypes. We tested the possibility that Five-Factor Model personality domains and their 30 facets, as rated by people themselves and their knowledgeable informants, reflect polygenic influences that have been previously associated with educational attainment. In a sample of over 3,000 adult Estonians, polygenic scores for educational attainment (EPS; interpretable as estimates of molecular genetic propensity for education) were correlated with various personality traits, particularly from the Neuroticism and Openness domains. The correlations of personality traits with phenotypic educational attainment closely mirrored their correlations with EPS. Moreover, EPS predicted an aggregate personality trait tailored to capture maximum amount of variance in educational attainment almost as strongly as it predicted the attainment itself. We discuss possible interpretations and implications of these findings.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology L Education > LC Special aspects of education |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Genetic psychology , Educational attainment -- Psychological aspects | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Psychological Science | ||||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1467-9280 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 November 2017 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 28 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1631-1639 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0956797617719083 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 June 2017 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 6 September 2017 | ||||||||
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