Musical Instrument Engagement in Adolescence Predicts Verbal Ability 4 Years Later: A Twin and Adoption Study

Autor/inn/en	Gustavson, Daniel E.; Friedman, Naomi P.; Stallings, Michael C.; Reynolds, Chandra A.; Coon, Hilary; Corley, Robin P.; Hewitt, John K.; Gordon, Reyna L.
Titel	Musical Instrument Engagement in Adolescence Predicts Verbal Ability 4 Years Later: A Twin and Adoption Study
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 57 (2021) 11, S.1943-1957 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gustavson, Daniel E.) ORCID (Friedman, Naomi P.) ORCID (Stallings, Michael C.) ORCID (Reynolds, Chandra A.) ORCID (Coon, Hilary) ORCID (Corley, Robin P.) ORCID (Hewitt, John K.) ORCID (Gordon, Reyna L.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0001245
Schlagwörter	Musical Instruments; Learner Engagement; Adolescents; Prediction; Verbal Ability; Twins; Adoption; Individual Development; Children; Intelligence Tests; Adults; Predictor Variables; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musikinstrument; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Vorhersage; Mündliche Leistung; Twin; Zwilling; Individuelle Entwicklung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Prädiktor
Abstract	Individual differences in music traits are heritable and correlated with the development of cognitive and communication skills, but little is known about whether diverse modes of music engagement (e.g., playing instruments vs. singing) reflect similar underlying genetic/environmental influences. Moreover, the biological etiology underlying the relationship between musicality and childhood language development is poorly understood. Here we explored genetic and environmental associations between music engagement and verbal ability in the Colorado Adoption/Twin Study of Lifespan behavioral development & cognitive aging (CATSLife). Adolescents (N = 1,684) completed measures of music engagement and intelligence at approximately age 12 and/or multiple tests of verbal ability at age 16. Structural equation models revealed that instrument engagement was highly heritable (a[superscript 2] = 0.78), with moderate heritability of singing (a[superscript 2] = 0.43) and dance engagement (a[superscript 2] = 0.66). Adolescent self-reported instrument engagement (but not singing or dance engagement) was genetically correlated with age 12 verbal intelligence and still was associated with age 16 verbal ability, even when controlling for age 12 full-scale intelligence, providing evidence for a longitudinal relationship between music engagement and language beyond shared general cognitive processes. Together, these novel findings suggest that shared genetic influences in part accounts for phenotypic associations between music engagement and language, but there may also be some (weak) direct benefits of music engagement on later language abilities. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01