Normal and abnormal personality traits: Evidence for genetic and environmental relationships in the Minnesota study of twins reared apart

Journal of Personality

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 661-694

  Markon, Kristian E ^a   Krueger, Robert F ^a   Bouchard Jr , Thomas J ^b   Gottesman, Irving I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; TWINS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MMPI; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

EID: 0036779946     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.05020     Document Type: Article

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