Sybil Alexandra Burt is an American psychologist and behavior geneticist. She is professor of psychology at Michigan State University and the co-director of its Michigan State University Twin Registry. She is known for researching the role of genetic factors in parenting[1][2] and popularity.[3] She has also researched the link between antisocial behavior and marriage, finding that the relationship appears to be bidirectional: in her research, men with fewer antisocial behaviors were more likely to get married, and once they did so, their rates of antisocial behavior decreased even more.[4][5]
S. Alexandra Burt | |
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| Born | Sybil Alexandra Burt |
| Education | Emory University University of Minnesota |
| Known for | Twin studies |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Behavior genetics |
| Institutions | Michigan State University |
| Thesis | The nature of the association between parent-child conflict and childhood externalizing pathology (2004) |
| Doctoral advisors | Matthew McGue William Iacono |
References edit
- ^ "Do all daughters turn into their mothers?". The Telegraph. 2016-06-01. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ^ Conniff, Kelly (2014-03-22). "How Your Genes Help You Become A Good Parent". Time. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ^ "Popularity Gene Found?". WebMD. 2008-12-23. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ^ "Married men are nicer, better behaved: study". Reuters. 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ^ Paul, Pamela (2011-01-16). "Nice Men Marry or Marriage Makes Men Nice?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
External links edit
- Faculty profile
- S. Alexandra Burt publications indexed by Google Scholar
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