Age changes in personality traits and their heritabilities during the adult years: Evidence from Australian twin registry samples

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1147-1160

  Loehlin, J C ^a   Martin, N G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age trends; Eysenck scales; Heritability; Twins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001126906     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00099-4     Document Type: Article

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