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On the genetic and environmental sources of social and political participation in adolescence and early adulthood
Kornadt, Anna Elena; Hufer, Anke; Kandler, Christian et al.
2018In PLoS ONE, 13 (8)
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Abstract :
[en] 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.
Disciplines :
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Kornadt, Anna Elena  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Hufer, Anke
Kandler, Christian
Riemann, Rainer
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
On the genetic and environmental sources of social and political participation in adolescence and early adulthood
Publication date :
2018
Journal title :
PLoS ONE
ISSN :
1932-6203
Publisher :
Public Library of Science, United States - California
Volume :
13
Issue :
8
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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