Genetic and Environmental Influences on Vocational Interests Assessed Using Adoptive and Biological Families and Twins Reared Apart and Together

Betsworth, Deborah G.; Bouchard, Thomas J.; Cooper, Catherine R.; Grotevant, Harold D.; Hansen, Jo‐Ida C.; Scarr, Sandra; Weinberg, Richard A.

doi:10.1006/jvbe.1994.1018

Cited by 109 publications

(69 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…It is important to recognize that correlations with the common scales can be expected to be attenuated because these scales are shorter and thus somewhat less reliable than the full-length scales. Betsworth et al (1994) combined data from multiple twin, adoption, and family studies, and scored and analyzed the common interest scales. The twin and family correlations from their analyses are given in Table 11.…”

Section: Combining Twin Adoption and Family Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Genetic and environmental influences on human psychological differences

2002

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Psychological researchers typically distinguish five major domains of individual differences in human behavior: cognitive abilities, personality, social attitudes, psychological interests, and psychopathology (Lubinski, 2000). In this article we: discuss a number of methodological errors commonly found in research on human individual differences; introduce a broad framework for interpreting findings from contemporary behavioral genetic studies; briefly outline the basic quantitative methods used in human behavioral genetic research; review the major criticisms of behavior genetic designs, with particular emphasis on the twin and adoption methods; describe the major or dominant theoretical scheme in each domain; and review behavioral genetic findings in all five domains. We conclude that there is now strong evidence that virtually all individual psychological differences, when reliably measured, are moderately to substantially heritable.

show abstract

Section: Combining Twin Adoption and Family Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Genetic and environmental influences on human psychological differences

2002

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…4 Other attributes of an environmental nature such as (the threat of) unemployment ) and the institutional environment (Freytag and Thurik 2007) may play moderating roles. (Arvey et al 1989), vocational interests (Betsworth et al 1994), work values (Keller et al 1992), novelty seeking (Ebstein et al 1996;Kluger et al 2002), gambling (Pérez de Castro et al 1997;Comings et al 1996), general cognitive ability and intelligence (Deary et al 2006;Plomin 1999;Plomin and Kosslyn 2001;Plomin and Spinath 2004), educational attainment (Miller et al 2001), and overconfidence (Cesarini et al 2009b). …”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Genome-wide association studies in economics and entrepreneurship research: promises and limitations

et al. 2010

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The recently developed genome-wide association study (GWAS) design enables the identification of genes specifically associated with economic outcomes such as occupational and other choices. This is a promising new approach for economics research which we aim to apply to the choice for entrepreneurship. However, due to multiple testing issues, very large sample sizes are needed to differentiate between true and false positives. For a GWAS on entrepreneurship, we expect that a sample size of at least 30,000 observations is required.

show abstract

“…The variation in interests due to nature appears to be about 40% (Betsworth et al, 1994;Lykken, Bouchard, McGue, & Tellegen, 1993). The heritability of personality traits appears to be around 50% (Tellegen et al, 1988), whereas the heritability of cognitive abilities appear to be around 70% (Bouchard, 1998).…”

Section: Heritabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This may be due to the early construction of E. K. Strong's Vocational Interest Blank (1927) and the popularity of Holland's hexagonal structure of interests. It seems clear that interests are, in large part, due to nature (e.g., Betsworth et al, 1994) and that they are relatively stable across time (e.g., Hansen & Swanson, 1983;Low & Rounds, 2007;Low et al, 2005;Rottinghaus et a!., 2007;Strong, 1955).…”

Section: Interestsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Worklife Across the Lifespan

Larson¹

2011

Oxford Handbooks Online

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

An extensive literature search across the spectrum of vocational psychology was conducted using the time frame of 1991-2008 and resulted in 47 quantitative reviews (i.e., meta-analyses). First, theories of vocational psychology are presented including John Holland's ( 1997) and Rene Dawis and Loyd Lofquist's ( 1984;Dawis, 2005) theory of work adjustment person-environment fit (P-E fit) models; Lent, Brown, and Hackett ( 1994) social cognitive career theory; the social learning theory of John Krumboltz ( 1990); Donald Super's career construction theory (Super, 1992); and L. S. Gottfredson's ( 1999) circumscription theory. Next, vocational outcomes of young people (the development of interests, educational and occupational aspirations, educational achievement, and career choice) and wage-earning adults (job search, job entry, job performance, job satisfaction, career success, and mental health outcomes) are reviewed. The last two major sections concern diverse groups (women and racially and ethnically diverse groups) and individual differences (cognitive ability, personality, and interests) as predictors of vocational outcomes. AbstractAn extensive literature search across the spectrum of vocational psychology was conducted using the time frame of 1991-2008 and resulted in 47 quantitative reviews (i.e., meta-analyses). First, theories of vocational psychology are presented including John Holland's ( 1997) and Rene Dawis and Loyd Lofquist's ( 1984;Dawis, 2005) theory of work adjustment person-environment fit (P-E fit) models; Lent, Brown, and Hackett ( 1994) social cognitive career theory; the social learning theory of John Krumboltz ( 1990); Donald Super's career construction theory (Super, 1992); and L. S. Gottfredson's ( 1999) circumscription theory. Next, vocational outcomes of young people (the development of interests, educational and occupational aspirations, educational achievement, and career choice) and wage-earning adults (job search, job entry, job performance, job satisfaction, career success, and mental health outcomes) are reviewed. The last two major sections concern diverse groups (women and racially and ethnically diverse groups) and individual differences (cognitive ability, personality, and interests) as predictors of vocational outcomes.

show abstract

Genetic and Environmental Influences on Vocational Interests Assessed Using Adoptive and Biological Families and Twins Reared Apart and Together

Cited by 109 publications

References 0 publications

Genetic and environmental influences on human psychological differences

Genetic and environmental influences on human psychological differences

Genome-wide association studies in economics and entrepreneurship research: promises and limitations

Worklife Across the Lifespan

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About