Evidence for a heritable general factor of personality in two studies

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 254-260

  Veselka, Livia ^a   Schermer, Julie Aitken ^a   Petrides, K V ^b   Vernon, Philip Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior genetics; General factor of personality; Mental toughness; Personality; Trait emotional intelligence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENERAL FACTOR PERSONALITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 67249142689     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.3.254     Document Type: Article

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