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Genetic analysis of impulsive personality traits: Examination of a priori candidates and genome-wide variation.
Psychiatry research - 1 Jan 2018
Gray Joshua C, MacKillop James, Weafer Jessica, Hernandez Kyle M, Gao Jianjun, Palmer Abraham A, de Wit Harriet
Abstract excerpt
Impulsive personality traits are heritable risk factors and putative endophenotypes for addiction and other psychiatric disorders involving disinhibition. This study examined the genetic basis of impulsive personality traits, defined as scores on the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) and the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale (UPPS-P). In 983 healthy young adults of European ancestry, the study examined genetic...
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