Age changes in the causes of individual differences in conservatism

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-124

  Eaves, Lindon ^a,d   Martin, Nicholas ^b   Heath, Andrew ^c   Schicken, Richard ^a   Meyer, Joanne ^a   Silberg, Judy ^a,d   Neale, Michael ^d   Corey, Linda ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

conservatism; development; genetics; Social attitudes; twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORALITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030912155     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025633307992     Document Type: Article

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