Genetic and environmental influences on vocational interests assessed using adoptive and biological families and twins reared apart and together

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 263-278

  Betsworth, Deborah G ^a,d   Bouchard, Thomas J ^a   Cooper, Catherine R ^b   Grotevant, Harold D ^a   Hansen, Jo Ida C ^a   Scarr, Sandra ^c   Weinberg, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0000349624     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvbe.1994.1018     Document Type: Article

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