Adult romantic attachment, negative emotionality, and depressive symptoms in middle aged men: A multivariate genetic analysis

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 488-498

  Franz, Carol E ^a   York, Timothy P ^b   Eaves, Lindon J ^b   Prom Wormley, Elizabeth ^b   Jacobson, Kristen C ^c   Lyons, Michael J ^d   Grant, Michael D ^d   Xian, Hong ^e   Panizzon, Matthew S ^a   Jimenez, Erica ^a   Kremen, William S ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Depression; Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory; Negative emotionality; Neuroticism; Personality; Twin studies; VETSA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALIENATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS;

AGING; DEPRESSION; DISEASES IN TWINS; EMOTIONS; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPOUSES;

EID: 79959691924     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-010-9428-z     Document Type: Article

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