Polygenic scores for smoking and educational attainment have independent influences on academic success and adjustment in adolescence and educational attainment in adulthood.

Educational success is associated with greater quality of life and depends, in part, on heritable cognitive and non-cognitive traits. We used polygenic scores (PGS) for smoking and educational attainment to examine different genetic influences on facets of academic adjustment in adolescence and educ...

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Main Authors: Brian M Hicks, D Angus Clark, Joseph D Deak, Jonathan D Schaefer, Mengzhen Liu, Seonkyeong Jang, C Emily Durbin, Wendy Johnson, Sylia Wilson, William G Iacono, Matt McGue, Scott I Vrieze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255348