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TITLE
Genetic covariation among facets of openness to experience and general cognitive ability.
ABSTRACT
Genetic and environmental sources of covariation among cognitive measures of verbal IQ, performance IQ (PIQ), academic achievement, 2-choice reaction time (CRT), inspection time (IT) and the 6 Openness facets of the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO PI-R) were examined. The number of twin and twin-sibling pairs ranged from 432 (182 MZ, 350 DZ/sibling) to 1023 (273 MZ, 750 DZ/sibling) for cognitive measures, and between 432 (90 MZ, 342 DZ/sibling) - 437 (91 MZ, 346 DZ/sibling) for Openness facets. Structural equation modeling best supported a model with a 3-factor additive genetic structure. A genetic general factor subsumed the 5 cognitive measures and 5 of the 6 Openness facets (Actions did not load significantly). A second additive genetic factor incorporated the 6 Openness facets, and a third additive genetic factor incorporated the 5 cognitive measures. Specific additive and dominance genetic effects were also evident, as were shared common and shared unique environmental influences, and specific unique environmental effects. The Openness facets of Ideas and Values evidenced the strongest phenotypic correlations with cognitive indices, particularly verbal measures. The genetic correlations among Openness facets and cognitive measures ranged from -.06 to .79. Results were interpreted as suggesting that Openness is related to general cognitive ability (g) through a genetic mechanism and that gengenders a minor but discernable disposition towards Openness for the majority of facets.
DATE PUBLISHED
2008 Jun
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
pubmed 2008/05/24 09:00
medline 2008/11/14 09:00
entrez 2008/05/24 09:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Wainwright MA Wainwright Mark A MA Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Post Office Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland 4029, Australia.
Wright MJ Wright Margaret J MJ
Luciano M Luciano Michelle M
Geffen GM Geffen Gina M GM
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 11
ISSUE: 3
TITLE: Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies
ISOABBREVIATION: Twin Res Hum Genet
YEAR: 2008
MONTH: Jun
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CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 1832-4274
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Twin Res Hum Genet
COUNTRY: England
ISSNLINKING: 1832-4274
NLMUNIQUEID: 101244624
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Twin Study
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
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GENERAL NOTE
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MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Adolescent
Adult
Female
Humans
Intelligence genetics
Male genetics
Models, Genetic genetics
Models, Psychological genetics
Multivariate Analysis genetics
Personality genetics
Siblings genetics
Twins psychology
Twins, Dizygotic psychology
Twins, Monozygotic psychology
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CHEMICALS
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