[HTML][HTML] Explaining socioeconomic disparities in health behaviours: A review of biopsychological pathways involving stress and inflammation

P Kraft, B Kraft - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The purpose of this article was to explore how individuals' position in a socioeconomic
hierarchy is related to health behaviours that are related to socioeconomic disparities in …

Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction

R Karlsson Linnér, TT Mallard, PB Barr… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Behaviors and disorders related to self-regulation, such as substance use, antisocial
behavior and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, are collectively referred to as …

Robust genetic nurture effects on education: A systematic review and meta-analysis based on 38,654 families across 8 cohorts

B Wang, JR Baldwin, T Schoeler, R Cheesman… - The American Journal of …, 2021 - cell.com
Similarities between parents and offspring arise from nature and nurture. Beyond this simple
dichotomy, recent genomic studies have uncovered" genetic nurture" effects, whereby …

Resource profile and user guide of the Polygenic Index Repository

J Becker, CAP Burik, G Goldman, N Wang… - Nature human …, 2021 - nature.com
Polygenic indexes (PGIs) are DNA-based predictors. Their value for research in many
scientific disciplines is growing rapidly. As a resource for researchers, we used a consistent …

Association of history of psychopathology with accelerated aging at midlife

J Wertz, A Caspi, A Ambler, J Broadbent… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Individuals with mental disorders are at an elevated risk of developing chronic
age-related physical diseases. However, it is not clear whether psychopathology is also …

The role of parental genotype in predicting offspring years of education: Evidence for genetic nurture

EA Willoughby, M McGue, WG Iacono… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Similarities between parent and offspring are widespread in psychology; however, shared
genetic variants often confound causal inference for offspring outcomes. A polygenic score …

The intergenerational transmission of language skill

A Sullivan, V Moulton… - The British Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines the relationship between parents' and children's language skills for a
nationally representative birth cohort born in the United Kingdom—the Millennium Cohort …

Genetic predictors of educational attainment and intelligence test performance predict voter turnout

L Aarøe, V Appadurai, KM Hansen, AJ Schork… - Nature Human …, 2021 - nature.com
Although the genetic influence on voter turnout is substantial (typically 40–50%), the
underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Across the social sciences, research suggests that …

Genetics and child development: Recent advances and their implications for developmental research

E Armstrong‐Carter, J Wertz… - Child Development …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recent genetic discoveries offer a new lens through which to study cognitive, emotional,
behavioral, and social processes that are foundational to children's development. In this …

A polygenic score for educational attainment partially predicts voter turnout

CT Dawes, A Okbay, S Oskarsson… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Twin and adoption studies have shown that individual differences in political participation
can be explained, in part, by genetic variation. However, these research designs cannot …