Sex differences and nonadditivity in heritability of the multidimensional personality questionnaire scales

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 929-938

  Finkel, Deborah ^a   McGue, Matt ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; TWINS;

ADULT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ALIENATION; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031116046     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.4.929     Document Type: Article

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