Investigation of age and gender effects on positive orientation in Italian twins

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 453-461

  Fagnani, Corrado ^a   Medda, Emanuela ^a   Stazi, Maria A ^a   Caprara, Gian V ^b   Alessandri, Guido ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heritability; Measurement invariance; Positive orientation; Positivity; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; AGED; BIOMETRY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOMETRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84925287138     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12053     Document Type: Article

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