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Genetic and environmental influences on coping styles: a twin study.
Psychosomatic medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Busjahn A, Faulhaber H D, Freier K, Luft F C
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OBJECTIVE: Coping styles are generally considered to be environmentally driven, primarily by family influences. However, because personality traits are commonly influenced by genetic effects, we hypothesized that heredity is also important for coping. METHODS: We tested this hypothesis by assessing 19 coping styles, as well as four secondary coping factors, by questionnaire in 212 pairs of monozygotic and...
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