Investigating age differences in the genetic and environmental structure of the tridimensional personality questionnaire in later adulthood

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-180

  Heiman, Noa ^a   Stallings, Michael C ^a   Hofer, Scott M ^b   Hewitt, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Genetics; Personality; TPQ; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIOMETRY; COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; REWARD; TWINS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037352979     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022558002760     Document Type: Article

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