Subjective well-being: Genetic and environmental contributions to stability and change

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1033-1042

  Nes, Ragnhild Bang ^a   Roysamb E ^a,b   Tambs, K ^a   Harris, J R ^a   Reichborn Kjennerud, T ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TWINS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORWAY; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33744797669     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291706007409     Document Type: Article

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