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Genes, personality, and attachment in adults: a multivariate behavioral genetic analysis.

Personality & social psychology bulletin - 1 Jan 2008

Donnellan M Brent, Burt S Alexandra, Levendosky Alytia A, Klump Kelly L

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Behavioral genetic methods were used to estimate genetic and environmental contributions to (a) attachment-related anxiety and avoidance and (b) the overlap between these attachment dimensions and the Big Five personality traits. Two major findings emerged from these analyses. First, individual differences in attachment-related anxiety and avoidance were heritable, and second, much of the overlap between adult...

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PMID: 18162654
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207309199

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