Using genetics for social science

KP Harden, PD Koellinger - Nature human behaviour, 2020 - nature.com
Social science genetics is concerned with understanding whether, how and why genetic
differences between human beings are linked to differences in behaviours and …

Parental characteristics and offspring mental health and related outcomes: A systematic review of genetically informative literature

ES Jami, AR Hammerschlag, M Bartels… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Various parental characteristics, including psychiatric disorders and parenting behaviours,
are associated with offspring mental health and related outcomes in observational studies …

[HTML][HTML] Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals

A Okbay, Y Wu, N Wang, H Jayashankar, M Bennett… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
We conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment (EA) in a
sample of~ 3 million individuals and identify 3,952 approximately uncorrelated genome …

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 …

The class ceiling: Why it pays to be privileged

S Friedman, D Laurison - 2020 - academic.oup.com
In The Class Ceiling, authors Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison deftly dismantle popular
(and often highly politicized) myths about inequality and meritocracy in the UK. First, and …

Variable prediction accuracy of polygenic scores within an ancestry group

H Mostafavi, A Harpak, I Agarwal, D Conley… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Fields as diverse as human genetics and sociology are increasingly using polygenic scores
based on genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for phenotypic prediction. However …

Cohort profile: The national longitudinal study of adolescent to adult health (add health)

KM Harris, CT Halpern, EA Whitsel… - International journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) was developed in the
1990s in response to a mandate from the United States Congress to fund a study of …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing within-and between-family polygenic score prediction

S Selzam, SJ Ritchie, JB Pingault, CA Reynolds… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - cell.com
Polygenic scores are a popular tool for prediction of complex traits. However, prediction
estimates in samples of unrelated participants can include effects of population stratification …

More than nature and nurture, indirect genetic effects on children's academic achievement are consequences of dynastic social processes

MG Nivard, DW Belsky, KP Harden, T Baier… - Nature Human …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Families transmit genes and environments across generations. When parents'
genetics affect their children's environments, these two modes of inheritance can produce an …

“Reports of my death were greatly exaggerated”: Behavior genetics in the postgenomic era

KP Harden - Annual review of psychology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Behavior genetics studies how genetic differences among people contribute to differences in
their psychology and behavior. Here, I describe how the conclusions and methods of …