Religiousness, antisocial behavior, and altruism: Genetic and environmental mediation

Journal of Personality

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-290

  Koenig, Laura B ^a   McGue, Matt ^a   Krueger, Robert F ^a   Bouchard Jr , Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEGOTIATING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33847699784     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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