The structure of perfectionism: A twin study

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 483-494

  Tozzi, Federica ^a   Aggen, Steven H ^b   Neale, Benjamin M ^b   Anderson, Charles B ^a   Mazzeo, Suzanne E ^c   Neale, Michael C ^b   Bulik, Cynthia M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Med Coll Virginia Virginia Cmw U   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CB 7160   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimensionality; eating disorders; heritability; perfectionism; twin models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EATING DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERFECTIONISM; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; TWINS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TELEPHONE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIRGINIA;

EID: 4444377674     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BEGE.0000038486.47219.76     Document Type: Article

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