Genetic and Environmental Influences on MMPI Factor Scales: Joint Model Fitting to Twin and Adoption Data

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 818-827

  Beer, Jeremy M ^a   Arnold, Richard D ^a   Loehlin, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MMPI; MODELS, GENETIC; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032015108     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.3.818     Document Type: Article

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