Psychological well-being (PWB): A natural life outlook? An Italian twin study on heritability of PWB in young adults

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2637-2649

  Gigantesco, A ^a   Stazi, M A ^a   Alessandri, G ^b   Medda, E ^a   Tarolla, E ^a   Fagnani, C ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heritability; psychological well being; twin study; well being therapy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ITALY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; ITALY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857250007     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711000663     Document Type: Article

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