Family resemblances in personality

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 1982 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Behavior Genetics, volume 12, pages 261-280 (issn: 0001-8244, eissn: 1573-3297,

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Authors: F M, Ahern; R C, Johnson; J R, Wilson; G E, McClearn; S G, Vandenberg;

doi: 10.1007/bf01067847

pmid: 6889860

Family resemblances in personality

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Abstract

Parent-offspring regressions, sibling correlations, and other measures of family resemblance in personality were computed for 54 personality traits, assessed by several psychometric personality tests as part of the Hawaii Family Study of Cognition. Considering all scales, the results suggest that a small familial/heritable component exists with regard to individual differences in personality, but did not demonstrate that some domains of personality are more familial or heritable than others.

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Pennsylvania State University
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University of Colorado Boulder
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University of Colorado System
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University of Hawaii System
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Keywords

Adult, Male, Phenotype, Adolescent, Pregnancy, Twins, Dizygotic, Humans, Female, Twins, Monozygotic, Middle Aged, Personality

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