Genetics, Personality, and Group Identity

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1314-1337

  Weber, Christopher ^a   Johnson, Martin ^b   Arceneaux, Kevin ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864969497     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00820.x     Document Type: Article

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