Evidence for the construct validity and heritability of the Wilson-Patterson conservatism scale: A reared-apart twins study of social attitudes

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 959-969

  Bouchard Jr , Thomas J ^a   Segal, Nancy L ^b   Tellegen, Auke ^a   McGue, Matt ^a   Keyes, Margaret ^a   Krueger, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Child rearing; Conservatism; Genetics; IQ; Twins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037375032     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00080-6     Document Type: Article

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