Environmental predictors of personality differences: a twin and sibling study.

doi:10.1037//0022-3514.72.1.177

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Environmental predictors of personality differences: a twin and sibling study.

Journal of personality and social psychology - 1 Jan 1997

Vernon P A, Jang K L, Harris J A, McCarthy J M

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Nonshared environmental influences have consistently been shown to account for at least as much of the variance in personality as genetic factors, but the nature of these nonshared influences has largely remained unidentified. To identify environmental predictors of differential personality devel...

Topics

Adult
Analysis of Variance
Environment
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Family
Female
Humans
Male
Nuclear Family
Personality
Personality Development
Personality Inventory
Phenotype
Regression Analysis
Social Environment
Twins
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic

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PMID: 9008379
DOI: 10.1037//0022-3514.72.1.177

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