Early Manifestations of Intellectual Performance: Evidence That Genetic Effects on Later Academic Test Performance Are Mediated through Verbal Performance in Early Childhood

Autor/inn/en	Austerberry, Chloe; Fearon, Pasco; Ronald, Angelica; Leve, Leslie D.; Ganiban, Jody M.; Natsuaki, Misaki N.; Shaw, Daniel S.; Neiderhiser, Jenae M.; Reiss, David
Titel	Early Manifestations of Intellectual Performance: Evidence That Genetic Effects on Later Academic Test Performance Are Mediated through Verbal Performance in Early Childhood
Quelle	In: Child Development, 93 (2022) 2, (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Austerberry, Chloe) ORCID (Fearon, Pasco) ORCID (Ronald, Angelica) ORCID (Leve, Leslie D.) ORCID (Natsuaki, Misaki N.) ORCID (Neiderhiser, Jenae M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13706
Schlagwörter	Child Development; Intelligence; Genetics; Executive Function; Verbal Ability; Adoption; Birth; Parent Child Relationship; Intelligence Tests; Measures (Individuals); Academic Achievement; Children; Preschool Children; Longitudinal Studies; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindesentwicklung; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Humangenetik; Mündliche Leistung; Geburt; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Messdaten; Schulleistung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Korrelation
Abstract	Intellectual performance is highly heritable and robustly predicts lifelong health and success but the earliest manifestations of genetic effects on this asset are not well understood. This study examined whether early executive function (EF) or verbal performance mediate genetic influences on subsequent intellectual performance, in 561 U.S.-based adoptees (57% male) and their birth and adoptive parents (70% and 92% White, 13% and 4% African American, 7% and 2% Latinx, respectively), administered measures in 2003-2017. Genetic influences on children's academic performance at 7 years were mediated by verbal performance at 4.5 years ([beta] = 0.22, 95% CI [0.08, 0.35], p = 0.002) and not via EF, indicating that verbal performance is an early manifestation of genetic propensity for intellectual performance. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/4/11