Genetic and Environmental Influences on Individual Differences in Masculinity, Femininity, and Gender Diagnosticity: Analyzing Data from a Classic Twin Study

Journal of Personality

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 127-155

  Lippa, Richard ^a   Hershberger, Scott ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

EID: 0033073868     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00050     Document Type: Article

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