Behavioral genetics and personality change.

Abstract excerpt

Although research on personality and behavioral genetics has focused on the continuity of traits, both fields and their interface will profit from the consideration of trait change. In this article we review personality research on age differences in heritability and propose the counterintuitive hypothesis that, when developmental changes in heritability are found, heritability tends to increase. We also focus on...

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Child
• Cross-Sectional Studies
• Genetic Variation
• Genetics, Behavioral
• Humans
• Longitudinal Studies
• Personality Development
• Social Environment
• Twins, Dizygotic
• Twins, Monozygotic