A genetic basis for social trust?

Political Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-230

  Sturgis, Patrick ^a   Read, Sanna ^b   Hatemi, Peter K ^c   Zhu, Gu ^d   Trull, Tim ^e   Wright, Margaret J ^d   Martin, Nicholas G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Genes; Genetics; Social capital; Social trust; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952011752     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-009-9101-5     Document Type: Article

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