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Cognitive Ability and Health-Related Behaviors during Adolescence: A Prospective Study across Five Years
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Ciarrochi, Joseph; Heaven, Patrick C. L.; Skinner, Timothy – Intelligence, 2012
Longitudinal research on the links between intelligence and health behaviors among adolescents is rare. We report longitudinal data in which we assessed the relationships between intelligence as assessed in Grade 7 and consequential health outcomes in Grade 11. The mean age of respondents (N = 420; 188 males, 232 females) was 12.30 years (SD =…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Exercise, Economic Status, Smoking
Three Dopaminergic Polymorphisms Are Associated with Academic Achievement in Middle and High School
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Beaver, Kevin M.; Vaughn, Michael G.; Wright, John Paul; DeLisi, Matt; Howard, Matthew O. – Intelligence, 2010
Although academic achievement is a heritable construct, to date research has yet to explore its molecular genetic underpinnings. Drawing on data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the current longitudinal study investigated the associations between polymorphisms in three dopaminergic genes (DAT1, DRD2, and DRD4) and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Genetics, Middle School Students