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Is the relationship between binge eating episodes and personality attributable to genetic factors?
Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Apr 2014
Koren Rachel, Munn-Chernoff Melissa A, Duncan Alexis E, Bucholz Kathleen K, Madden Pamela A F, Heath Andrew C, Agrawal Arpana
Abstract excerpt
Aspects of disordered eating and personality traits, such as neuroticism, are correlated and individually heritable. We examined the phenotypic correlation between binge eating episodes and indices of personality (neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and control/impulsivity). For correlations ≥|0.20|, we estimated the extent to which genetic and environmental...
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