Adoption Results for Self-Reported Personality: Evidence for Nonadditive Genetic Effects?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 211-218

  Plomin, Robert ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^a   Corley, Robin ^b   Fulker, David W ^b   DeFries, John ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD; COLORADO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032112134     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.75.1.211     Document Type: Article

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