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On the genetic and environmental sources of social and political participation in adolescence and early adulthood
Political participation (POP), social participation (SOP), and political interest (PI) are important indicators of social status and social inequality. Previous studies on related trait differences yielded genetic and environmental contributions. However, focusing on adult samples, classical twin de...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6108469/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30142159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202518 |
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author | Kornadt, Anna E. Hufer, Anke Kandler, Christian Riemann, Rainer |
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description | Political participation (POP), social participation (SOP), and political interest (PI) are important indicators of social status and social inequality. Previous studies on related trait differences yielded genetic and environmental contributions. However, focusing on adult samples, classical twin designs, and convenience samples often restricts parameter estimation and generalizability, and limits the understanding of age differences. We investigated sources of variance in POP, SOP, and PI in late adolescence and early adulthood with an extended twin family design (ETFD). We analyzed data from over 2,000 representative German twin families. Individual environments not shared by family members reflected the major source of variance for all variables, but genetic influences were also pronounced. Genetic effects were mostly higher for young adults, whereas effects of twins’ shared environment were significant in adolescence. Our study deepens the understanding of the interplay between genetic and environmental factors in shaping differences in young persons’ integration in society. |
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spelling | pubmed-61084692018-09-18 On the genetic and environmental sources of social and political participation in adolescence and early adulthood Kornadt, Anna E. Hufer, Anke Kandler, Christian Riemann, Rainer PLoS One Research Article Political participation (POP), social participation (SOP), and political interest (PI) are important indicators of social status and social inequality. Previous studies on related trait differences yielded genetic and environmental contributions. However, focusing on adult samples, classical twin designs, and convenience samples often restricts parameter estimation and generalizability, and limits the understanding of age differences. We investigated sources of variance in POP, SOP, and PI in late adolescence and early adulthood with an extended twin family design (ETFD). We analyzed data from over 2,000 representative German twin families. Individual environments not shared by family members reflected the major source of variance for all variables, but genetic influences were also pronounced. Genetic effects were mostly higher for young adults, whereas effects of twins’ shared environment were significant in adolescence. Our study deepens the understanding of the interplay between genetic and environmental factors in shaping differences in young persons’ integration in society. Public Library of Science 2018-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6108469/ /pubmed/30142159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202518 Text en © 2018 Kornadt et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kornadt, Anna E. Hufer, Anke Kandler, Christian Riemann, Rainer On the genetic and environmental sources of social and political participation in adolescence and early adulthood |
title | On the genetic and environmental sources of social and political participation in adolescence and early adulthood |
title_full | On the genetic and environmental sources of social and political participation in adolescence and early adulthood |
title_fullStr | On the genetic and environmental sources of social and political participation in adolescence and early adulthood |
title_full_unstemmed | On the genetic and environmental sources of social and political participation in adolescence and early adulthood |
title_short | On the genetic and environmental sources of social and political participation in adolescence and early adulthood |
title_sort | on the genetic and environmental sources of social and political participation in adolescence and early adulthood |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6108469/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30142159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202518 |
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