Family matters: Happiness in nuclear families and twins

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 577-590

  Nes, Ragnhild Bang ^a   Czajkowski, N ^a   Tambs, K ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour genetics; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Subjective well being; Twin research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HAPPINESS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; TWINS; WELLBEING;

BIOMETRY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORWAY; NUCLEAR FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 77956185188     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-010-9365-x     Document Type: Article

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