Psychoticism as a dimension of personality: a multivariate genetic test of Eysenck and Eysenck's psychoticism construct.

doi:10.1037//0022-3514.58.1.111

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Psychoticism as a dimension of personality: a multivariate genetic test of Eysenck and Eysenck's psychoticism construct.

Journal of personality and social psychology - 1 Jan 1990

Heath A C, Martin N G

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In this study, we applied multivariate genetic analysis, a generalization of factor analysis and behavior genetic analysis, to responses to items of the Psychoticism scale of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire by 2,903 adult same-sex Australian twin pairs. Item loadings on genetic, shared envi...

Topics

Adult
Diseases in Twins
Humans
Models, Genetic
Personality Tests
Phenotype
Psychometrics
Psychotic Disorders
Risk Factors
Social Environment
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic

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