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Associations between loneliness and personality are mostly driven by a genetic association with Neuroticism.

Journal of personality - 1 Apr 2019

Abdellaoui Abdel, Chen Hsi-Yuan, Willemsen Gonneke, Ehli Erik A, Davies Gareth E, Verweij Karin J H, Nivard Michel G, de Geus Eco J C, Boomsma Dorret I, Cacioppo John T

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OBJECTIVE: Loneliness is an aversive response to a discrepancy between desired and actual social relationships and correlates with personality. We investigate the relationship of loneliness and personality in twin family and molecular genetic data. METHOD: Phenotypic correlations between loneliness and the Big Five personality traits were estimated in 29,625 adults, and in a group with genome-wide genotype data...

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PMID: 29752830
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12397
PMCID: PMC6231981

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