A general factor of personality: Evidence from the HEXACO model and a measure of trait emotional intelligence

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 420-424

  Veselka, Livia ^a   Schermer, Julie Aitken ^a   Petrides, K V ^b   Cherkas, Lynn F ^c   Spector, Tim D ^c   Vernon, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General factor of personality; Heritability; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS; BEHAVIOR; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 74949086743     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.5.420     Document Type: Article

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