A behavioral genetic investigation of humor styles and their correlations with the Big-5 personality dimensions

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1116-1125

  Vernon, Philip A ^a   Martin, Rod A ^a   Schermer, Julie Aitken ^a   Mackie, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Personality; Sense of humor; Twin study

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149119993     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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