Behaviour genetics of personality: The case of observational studies

Advances in Personality Psychology: Volume 1

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 107-137

  Borkenau, Peter ^a   Riemann, Rainer ^b   Spinath, Frank M ^b   Angleitner, Alois ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315812175     Document Type: Chapter

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