Genetic and environmental influences on MMPI factor scales: joint model fitting to twin and adoption data.

doi:10.1037//0022-3514.74.3.818

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Genetic and environmental influences on MMPI factor scales: joint model fitting to twin and adoption data.

Journal of personality and social psychology - 1 Mar 1998

Beer J M, Arnold R D, Loehlin J C

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In general, the shared family environment appears to play a negligible role in determining individual differences in personality and interests. Nevertheless, scattered reports of significant shared environmental influence on such variables appear in the literature. Using data from the Texas Adoption Project (TAP), the current study attempted to replicate twin study findings of significant shared environmental...

Topics

Adolescent
Adoption
Adult
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Individuality
MMPI
Male
Models, Genetic
Personality
Phenotype
Psychometrics
Social Environment
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic

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PMID: 9523421
DOI: 10.1037//0022-3514.74.3.818

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