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Dr. Nancy L. Segal is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Twin Studies Center, at California State University, Fullerton. See full bio

October 22, 2008, Politics

Comments on "Political Pairs"

Political Pairs

By Nancy L. Segal on October 22, 2008 in Twofold

It's the new hot topic in psychological twin research-to what extent do genes affect our interest and participation in politics? Read More

political genetics

Submitted by Author Friendly on October 22, 2008 - 2:59pm.

I would like to see an analysis of sociopolitical locus of control. Some research I did with the 9 item SPIE subscale of Rotter's measure indicated there were some robust differences between Internal and External control that predict political knowledge and behavior; I would be curious to see some genetic analysis of this dimension. Thank God (or my parents at least) that we do not inherit a political party.

Genetic Analyses of political participation

Submitted by Nancy L. Segal on October 22, 2008 - 3:05pm.

There is a study cited in the Chronicle Review, Oct 3, 2008, that refers to the work by Alford and Hibbing that I cited in the blog. it was published in Science, in September 2008--it may be of interest.