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Exposure to traumatic events and experiences: aetiological relationships with personality function.
Psychiatry research - 30 Aug 2003
Jang Kerry L, Stein Murray B, Taylor Steven, Asmundson Gordon J G, Livesley W John
Abstract excerpt
Empirical research has shown that the odds of experiencing traumatic events are influenced by genetic factors and the heritability of trauma exposure varies with the type of trauma. Traumatic events per se are unlikely to be heritable; more likely to be inherited are factors such as personality that influence the person's risk for entering into, or creating, potentially hazardous situations. With data from 406...
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