Not by Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs

By P. Hatemi, John R. Hibbing, S. Medland, Matthew C. Keller, J. Alford, Kevin B. Smith, Nicholas G. Martin, Lindon J. Eaves. 2010

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. P. Hatemi
2. J. Freese
3. Kevin B. Smith
4. J. Alford
5. John R. Hibbing
6. Casey A. Klofstad
7. Christopher T. Dawes
8. James H. Fowler

In Sociology and Political Science

1. P. Hatemi
2. Matthew V. Hibbing
3. J. Freese
4. Kevin B. Smith
5. Rose McDermott
6. J. Alford
7. John R. Hibbing
8. Casey A. Klofstad

Citations in the corpus

• The Relationship between Genes, Psychological Traits, and Political Participation (2014, unknown): “Several recent studies attempting to test for upward bias in the heritability of political attitudes have failed to find evidence of an EEA violation (Hatemi et al. 2009 a , Hatemi et al. 2010, Smith et al. 2012, Littvay 2012).”
• The Dating Preferences of Liberals and Conservatives (2013, methodology): “Hatemi et al. (2010) conducted a nuclear family analysis of ideology on this data, estimating of the amount of variance (out of a standardized total of 1.0) attributed to genetic influence (0.577, and 0.343 for males and females respectively), unique person-specific environmental influences (0.014,…”
• Variation in the Heritability of Educational Attainment: An International Meta-Analysis (2013, methodology): “While there are many methods of assessing heritability (Hatemi et al. 2010; Neale and Maes 2004), our estimates of heritability are calculated using the simple, conventional equation 2(rMZ – rDZ), where rMZ, rDZ are the intra-pair correlations of educational attainment for MZ and DZ twins, respectiv”
• Linking Genetics and Political Attitudes: Reconceptualizing Political Ideology (2011, background): “A small but growing literature in the discipline has found consistent evidence that political attitudes and behaviors are at least partially heritable (e.g., Alford, Funk, & Hibbing, 2005; Hatemi, Gillespie, Hibbing, Alford, & Martin, 2008; Hatemi et al., 2010), and other studies have reported corre”