The structure of self-concept in female preadolescent twins: A behavioral genetic approach

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1069-1077

  Hur, Yoon Mi ^a   McGue, Matt ^a   Iacono, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

EID: 0032041950     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.4.1069     Document Type: Article

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