Does the level of family dysfunction moderate the impact of genetic factors on the personality trait of neuroticism?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 817-825

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a   Aggen, S H ^a   Jacobson, K C ^a   Neale, M C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOTHER; NEUROSIS; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

EID: 0038447160     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291703007840     Document Type: Article

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