Individual differences in adult ego development: Sources of influence in twins reared apart

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 985-995

  Newman, Denise L ^a   Tellegen, Auke ^b   Bouchard Jr , Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EGO; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032040065     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.4.985     Document Type: Article

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