Genetic and environmental multidimensionality of well- and ill-being in middle aged twin men

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 579-591

  Franz, Carol E ^a,b   Panizzon, Matthew S ^a,b   Eaves, Lindon J ^c   Thompson, Wesley ^a   Lyons, Michael J ^d   Jacobson, Kristen C ^e   Tsuang, Ming ^a,b,f   Glatt, Stephen J ^g   Kremen, William S ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

CES D; Heritability; Life satisfaction; MPQ; Psychological well being; Self esteem; Twins; VETSA; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE WELLBEING SCALE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ESTEEM; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84864618200     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-012-9538-x     Document Type: Article

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