A general factor of personality from multitrait-multimethod data and cross-national twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 356-365

  Rushton, J Philippe ^a   Bons, Trudy Ann ^a   Ando, Juko ^b   Hur, Yoon Mi ^c   Irwing, Paul ^d   Vernon, Philip A ^a   Petrides, K V ^e   Barbaranelli, Claudio ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Big five; Big one; General factor of personality; Heritability; TEIQue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTITRAIT MULTIMETHOD; PARENT; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; TEACHER; TWINS; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; TEMPERAMENT; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249211095     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.4.356     Document Type: Article

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