The Genetic and Environmental Foundations of Political, Psychological, Social, and Economic Behaviors: A Panel Study of Twins and Families

Here we introduce the Genetic and Environmental Foundations of Political and Economic Behaviors: A Panel Study of Twins and Families (PIs Alford, Hatemi, Hibbing, Martin, and Smith). This study was designed to explore the genetic and environmental influences on social, economic, and political behavi...

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Published in:Twin research and human genetics 2015-06, Vol.18 (3), p.243-255
Main Authors: Hatemi, Peter K., Smith, Kevin, Alford, John R., Martin, Nicholas G., Hibbing, John R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Attitude
Attitudes
Behavior
Choice Behavior
Cognition & reasoning
Cohort Studies
Decision making
DNA - genetics
Economics
Educational Status
Empathy - genetics
Female
Gene-Environment Interaction
Genotype
Heritability
Humans
Longitudinal studies
Machiavellianism
Male
Marital Status
Middle Aged
Multifactorial Inheritance
Parents - psychology
Personality
Personality Inventory
Political science
Politics
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Quantitative Trait, Heritable
Queensland
Religion
Sex Factors
Siblings - psychology
Social Behavior
Social sciences
Socialization
Surveys and Questionnaires
Twin studies
Twins
Twins, Dizygotic - genetics
Twins, Dizygotic - psychology
Twins, Monozygotic - genetics
Twins, Monozygotic - psychology
Young Adult
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Summary:Here we introduce the Genetic and Environmental Foundations of Political and Economic Behaviors: A Panel Study of Twins and Families (PIs Alford, Hatemi, Hibbing, Martin, and Smith). This study was designed to explore the genetic and environmental influences on social, economic, and political behaviors and attitudes. It involves identifying the psychological mechanisms that operate on these traits, the heritability of complex economic and political traits under varying conditions, and specific genetic correlates of attitudes and behaviors. In addition to describing the study, we conduct novel analyses on the data, estimating the heritability of two traits so far unexplored in the extant literature: Machiavellianism and Baron-Cohen's Empathizing Quotient.
ISSN:1832-4274
1839-2628
DOI:10.1017/thg.2015.13