Phenotypic, genetic, and nonshared environmental parallels in the structure of personality: A view from the multidimensional personality questionnaire

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1057-1067

  Krueger, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; TWINS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

EID: 0034571886     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.79.6.1057     Document Type: Article

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