Genetic and environmental contributions to loneliness in adults: The Netherlands Twin Register study

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 745-752

  Boomsma, Dorret I ^a   Willemsen, Gonneke ^a   Dolan, Conor V ^b   Hawkley, Louise C ^c   Cacioppo, John T ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritability; Loneliness; Twins; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 27844479580     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-005-6040-8     Document Type: Article

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