Genetic and environmental influences on multiple dimensions of religiosity: A twin study

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 755-761

  Vance, Todd ^a   Maes, Hermine H ^b   Kendler, Kenneth S ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

multivariate analysis; Religiosity; twin studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; TWINS; ZYGOSITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGISTER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROTESTANTISM; REGISTRIES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 77958171425     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181f4a07c     Document Type: Article

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