Genetic inheritance is not the only way parents' genes may affect children. It is also possible
that parents' genes are associated with investments into children's development. We …

Conscientiousness (C) is manifested in orderly, responsible, industrious, ambitious, dutiful,
and rule-abiding behavior and in desired outcomes as diverse as work, health, and …

The sociogenomics revolution is upon us, we are told. Whether revolutionary or not,
sociogenomics is poised to flourish given the ease of incorporating polygenic scores (or …

Behavior genetics is a controversial science. For decades, scholars have sought to
understand the role of heredity in human behavior and life-course outcomes. Recently …

Individual differences in child and adolescent social development are due to a combination
of variation in genetic propensity and environmental conditions. That is, variation in social …

A growing literature points to children's influence on parents' behavior, including parental
investments in children. Further, previous research has shown differential parental response …

Saving disposition, the tendency to save rather than consume, has been found to be
associated with economic outcomes. People lacking the disposition to save are more likely …

BackgroundDoes the genetic aptitude for educational attainment (GAEA) moderate the
genetic risk for alcohol use disorder (AUD) and drug use disorder (DUD)? MethodsIn the …

Noncognitive skills such as motivation and self-regulation, are partly heritable and predict
academic achievement beyond cognitive skills. However, how the relationship between …

The integration of genetic data within large-scale social and health surveys provides new
opportunities to test long-standing theories of parental investments in children and within …