A genetic and environmental analysis of the California psychological inventory using adult twins reared apart and together

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 307-320

  Bouchard Jr , Thomas J ^a   McGue, Matt ^a   Hur, Yoon Mi ^b   Horn, Joseph M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Sejong University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0032335457     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0984(1998090)12:5<307::AID-PER336>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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