Personality and coping: A study of twins reared apart and twins reared together

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-158

  Kato, Kenji ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Gender difference; Personality; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TWINS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 16244409245     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-004-1015-8     Document Type: Article

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