Behavioral genetics and evolutionary psychology: Unified perspective on personality research

Human Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-184

  Segal, Nancy L ^a   Macdonald, Kevin B ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Evolutionary psychology; Five factor model of personality; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032055669     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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