Examining social genetic effects on educational attainment via parental educational attainment, income, and parenting.
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- Su, Jinni; Kuo, Sally I-Chun; Trevino, Angel; Barr, Peter B; Aliev, Fazil; Bucholz, Kathleen; Chan, Grace; Edenberg, Howard J; Kuperman, Samuel; Lai, Dongbing; Meyers, Jacquelyn L; Pandey, Gayathri; Porjesz, Bernice; Dick, Danielle M
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- 2022
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- Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)
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- 35666911
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- 10.1037/fam0001003
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- PMC9733825
Higher parental educational attainment is associated with higher offspring educational attainment. In this study, we incorporated genotypic and phenotypic information from fathers, mothers, and offspring to disentangle the genetic and socioenvironmental pathways underlying this association. Data were drawn from a sample of individuals of European ancestry from the collaborative study on the genetics of alcoholism ( = 4,089; 51% female). Results from path analysis indicated that paternal and maternal educational attainment genome-wide polygenic scores were associated with offspring educational attainment, above and beyond the effect of offspring education polygenic score. Parental educational attainment, income, and parenting behaviors served as important socioenvironmental pathways that mediated the effect of parental education polygenic score on offspring educational attainment. Our study highlights the importance of using genetically informed family studies to disentangle the genetic and socioenvironmental pathways underlying parental influences on human development. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
Parental Genetics Influence Offspring Educational Attainment via Genetic Transmission and Social Genetic EffectsNote. n = 4,089. O = offspring; F = father; M = mother; Edu-GPS = educational attainment genome-wide polygenic scores. Standardized path coefficients are presented. All models controlled for offspring sex, age at last interview, and cohort. Ο2 = 139.02, df = 13, p < .001; CFI = .92, RMSEA = .05 for the father model; Ο2 = 57.73, df = 13, p < .001; CFI = .97, RMSEA = .03 for the mother model. * p < .05, ** p < .01, ***p < .001.
Parental Educational Attainment and Income as Pathways Linking Parental Genetics and Offspring Educational AttainmentNote. n = 4,089. O = offspring; F = father; M = mother. Edu-GPS = educational attainment genome-wide polygenic scores. Standardized path coefficients are presented. All models controlled for offspring sex, age at last interview, and cohort. Ο2 = 156.88, df = 15, p < .001; CFI = .94, RMSEA = .05 for the father model; Ο2 = 155.732, df = 15, p < .001; CFI = .95, RMSEA = .05 for the mother model. Dotted lines represent non-significant paths. ** p < .01, *** p < .001
Parental Education and Parenting as Pathways for Social Genetic Effects on Educational AttainmentNote. n = 642. O = offspring; F = father; M = mother. Edu-GPS = educational attainment genome-wide polygenic scores. Standardized path coefficients are presented. All models controlled for offspring sex, age at last interview, and cohort. Statistically significant pathways are bolded. Dotted lines represent non-significant paths. Ο2 = 8.68, df = 6, p =.19; CFI = 1.00, RMSEA = .03 for the father model; Ο2 = 32.67, df = 6, p < .001; CFI = .96, RMSEA = .08 for the mother model. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.
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