Genetic and environmental mediation between measures of personality and family environment in twins reared together

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-35

  Kandler, Christian ^a   Riemann, Rainer ^a   Kämpfe, Nicole ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Family environment; Genetic bias; Genetic mediation; Personality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; REARING; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; TWINS;

CHILD; COGNITION; CONSCIENCE; ENVIRONMENT; EROTICA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SELECTION BIAS; SELF CONCEPT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 57849156432     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-008-9238-8     Document Type: Article

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