Life events and personality in late adolescence: Genetic and environmental relations

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 543-554

  Billig, John P ^a   Hershberger, Scott L ^a,b   Iacono, William G ^a   McGue, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; genetic; Life events; multivariate analysis; personality; twin family study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY STUDY; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0030479857     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02361227     Document Type: Article

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