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Genetic and environmental influences on optimism and its relationship to mental and self-rated health: a study of aging twins.

Behavior genetics - 1 Nov 2009

Mosing Miriam A, Zietsch Brendan P, Shekar Sri N, Wright Margaret J, Martin Nicholas G

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Optimism has been shown to be important in maintaining wellbeing into old age, but little is known about the sources of variation in optimism and its links to mental and somatic health. Optimism, mental, and self-rated health were measured in 3,053 twin individuals (501 MZF, 153 MZM, 274 DZF, 77...

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PMID: 19618259
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-009-9287-7

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