Fear and attitudes towards torture and preventive war

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-70

  Stam, Allan C ^a   Von Hagen Jamar, Alexander ^a   Worthington, Alton B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

perceptions of danger; political attitudes; political cues; preventative war; public opinion; torture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORTURE; WAR; ZYGOSITY; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS;

ATTITUDE; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TORTURE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WAR;

EID: 84865594722     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.15.1.60     Document Type: Article

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