An Alternative to the Search for Single Polymorphisms: Toward Molecular Personality Scales for the Five-Factor Model

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1014-1024

  McCrae, Robert R ^a   Scally, Matthew ^a   Terracciano, Antonio ^a   Abecasis, Gonçalo R ^b   Costa, Paul T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Five factor model; Founder effect; Genome wide association study; NEO PI R; Personality assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78649933745     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020964     Document Type: Article

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