Type A personality in Australian twins.

doi:10.1007/BF01076182

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Type A personality in Australian twins.

Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 1994

Duffy D L, Manicavasagar V, O'Connell D, Silove D, Tennant C, Langelludecke P

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We examined the genetic and environmental determinants of Type A behavior in 200 pairs of same-sex twins as measured by the structured interview (SI) of Rosenman and Friedman and by the Bortner questionnaire (BARS). As noted previously, these measures are poorly correlated (r = .30). Quite differ...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Australia
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Genetic
Personality Assessment
Phenotype
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic
Type A Personality

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