The developmental course of inattention symptoms predicts academic achievement due to shared genetic aetiology: a longitudinal twin study

In conclusion, our study demonstrates that genetic factors underlying the developmental course of inattention symptoms across childhood and adolescence also influence academic achievement. This may result from indirect mechanism, whereby genetic factors explain s ystematic changes in inattention levels with age, which in turn impact academic achievement. The shared genetic aetiology may also suggest common neurobiological processes underlying both the developmental course of inattention symptoms and academic achievement.
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research