Estimating effects of parents’ cognitive and non-cognitive skills on offspring education using polygenic scores

Perline A. Demange; Jouke Jan Hottenga; Abdel Abdellaoui; Espen Moen Eilertsen; Margherita Malanchini; Benjamin W. Domingue; Emma Armstrong-Carter; Eveline L. de Zeeuw; Kaili Rimfeld; Dorret I. Boomsma; Elsje van Bergen; Gerome Breen; Michel G. Nivard; Rosa Cheesman

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32003-x

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Estimating effects of parents’ cognitive and non-cognitive skills on offspring education using polygenic scores

Perline A. Demange,
Jouke Jan Hottenga,
Abdel Abdellaoui,
Espen Moen Eilertsen,
Margherita Malanchini,
Benjamin W. Domingue,
Emma Armstrong-Carter,
Eveline L. de Zeeuw,
Kaili Rimfeld,
Dorret I. Boomsma,
Elsje van Bergen,
Gerome Breen,
Michel G. Nivard,
Rosa Cheesman

Affiliations

Perline A. Demange: Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jouke Jan Hottenga: Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Abdel Abdellaoui: Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam
Espen Moen Eilertsen: PROMENTA Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
Margherita Malanchini: Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London
Benjamin W. Domingue: Graduate School of Education, Stanford University
Emma Armstrong-Carter: Graduate School of Education, Stanford University
Eveline L. de Zeeuw: Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Kaili Rimfeld: Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London
Dorret I. Boomsma: Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Elsje van Bergen: Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gerome Breen: Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London
Michel G. Nivard: Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Rosa Cheesman: PROMENTA Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32003-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Understanding how parents’ cognitive and non-cognitive skills influence their children’s educational trajectories is important for educational, family and economic policy. Here, the authors investigate parental influence on children’s education using genetic approaches.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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