Genetic and environmental influences on coping styles: A twin study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 469-475

  Busjahn, Andreas ^a,b   Faulhaber, Hans Dieter ^a   Freier, Kristina ^a   Luft, Friedrich C ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRANZ VOLHARD CLINIC   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coping; Environment; Genetics; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

EID: 0032775273     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199907000-00011     Document Type: Article

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