Stability of genetic and environmental effects from adolescence to young adulthood: Results of Croatian longitudinal twin study of personality

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-157

  Bratko, Denis ^a,b   Butkovic, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; CROATIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGISTRIES; TWINS;

EID: 33947247373     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.1.151     Document Type: Article

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