University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill researcher Mike Shanahan's study on social capital, educational continuation, and dopamine receptor gene DRD2 appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill researcher Mike Shanahan's study on social capital, educational continuation, and dopamine receptor gene DRD2 appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education. The study uses data from Add Health.
"Young men are less likely to attend college if they carry a common form of a gene associated with poor impulse control, a new study has found. But the study also found that a strong environment--a high-quality high school and heavily involved parents--can counteract that genetic risk. For boys with this gene who grow up in supportive environments, there was no drop in college attendance.
Shanahan, Michael J., Stephen Vaisey, Lance D. Erickson, and Andrew Smolen. 2008. Environmental Contingencies and Genetic Propensities: Social Capital, Educational Continuation, and Dopamine Receptor Gene DRD2. American Journal of Sociology 114, no. S1 (2008): S260-86.