Individual differences in adolescent religiosity in Finland: Familial effects are modified by sex and region of residence

Twin Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 108-114

  Winter, Torsten ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,b   Viken, Richard J ^c   Karvonen, Sakari ^a   Rose, Richard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Area of residence; Genetic factors; MMPI; Religiosity; Wiggins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SEX; TWINS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; MALE; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032841139     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905299320565979     Document Type: Article

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