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Genetic contribution to the relationship between personality and depressive symptoms among older women.

Psychological medicine - 1 Aug 2010

Pakkala I, Read S, Kaprio J, Koskenvuo M, Kauppinen M, Rantanen T

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BACKGROUND: Prior studies suggest that certain types of personality are at higher risk for developing depressive disorders. This study examined the relationship between old age depressive symptoms and two middle-age personality dimensions, neuroticism and extraversion. METHOD: The present study is part of the Finnish Twin Study on Aging, where altogether 409 female twins who had completed the Eysenck Personality...

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PMID: 19811701
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709991401

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