School Performance and Genetic and Environmental Variance in Antisocial Behavior at the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood

Autor/inn/en	Johnson, Wendy; McGue, Matt; Iacono, William G.
Titel	School Performance and Genetic and Environmental Variance in Antisocial Behavior at the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 45 (2009) 4, S.973-987 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0016225
Schlagwörter	Grade Point Average; Antisocial Behavior; Adolescents; Genetics; Environmental Influences; Educational Attainment; Role; Twins; Longitudinal Studies; Adolescent Development; Family Environment; Academic Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Humangenetik; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Rollen; Twin; Zwilling; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Familienmilieu; Schulleistung
Abstract	Antisocial behavior increases in adolescence, particularly among those who perform poorly in school. As adolescents move into adulthood, both educational attainment and the extent to which antisocial behavior continues have implications for adolescents' abilities to take on constructive social roles. The authors used a population-representative longitudinal twin study to explore how links among genetic and environmental influences at ages 17 and 24 may be implicated in the developmental processes involved. At age 17, expression of both genetic and nonshared environmental vulnerabilities unique to antisocial behavior was greater among those with low GPA than among those with higher GPA. This suggested that maintenance of high GPA buffered the impact of both genetic and environmental influences encouraging antisocial behavior. When GPA was high, both genetic and environmental influences involved in both traits encouraged good school performance and restrained antisocial behavior. At age 24, however, correlated family environmental influences drove the association between educational attainment and antisocial behavior. Antisocial characteristics involving school performance and educational attainment that transcend generations may slot individuals into social categories that restrict opportunities and reinforce antisocial characteristics. (Contains 3 footnotes, 5 tables, and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10