Thread on new work published in #JPSP: Family environment has long-term effect on self-esteem in young adulthood. Let’s dig in… I smell the #NurtureAssumption
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HOME as a measurement is as close to the definition of the ‘shared environment’ as one can get. Research showed a decade ago that such measures so sig heritability estimates https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/genetic-influences-on-measures-of-the-environment-a-systematic-review/76ECA7D8F0F92906DBB2AAFBED720F0C … 5/8pic.twitter.com/qmReuj5jXp
Self-esteem: As mentioned in the intro, SE shows sig heritibility.. here is a sampling of h2 est that we’re using in a current project 6/8pic.twitter.com/uJXxMRn9p6
Results of home environment on SE. Overall r of ~.15 – with no genetic controls, I say #GeneticConfounding is highly likely here..
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Future research? What about the current research? NLSY79 can’t control for genetic influence – wrong. We (@FSNole57 @econnolly11 @TKShackelford @BioPetko) did it with NLSY79 just this past year.. odd
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289617300077 …
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