The heritability of attitudes: A study of twins

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 845-860

  Olson, James M ^a   Vernon, Philip A ^a   Harris, Julie Aitken ^a   Jang, Kerry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TWINS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 85047683773     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.80.6.845     Document Type: Article

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