Genetic structure of the five-factor model of personality in a Japanese twin population

Keio Journal of Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 152-158

  Ono, Yutaka ^a   Ando, Juko ^b   Onoda, Naoko ^b   Yoshimura, Kimio ^b   Kanba, Shigenobu ^b   Hirano, Masami ^b   Asai, Masahiro ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Five factor model; Genetic; NEO PI R; Personality; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PERSONALITY; TWINS;

EID: 0034576243     PISSN: 00229717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2302/kjm.49.152     Document Type: Article

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