Family resemblances in personality

Frank M. Ahern; Ronald C. Johnson; James R. Wilson; Gerald E. McClearn; Steven G. Vandenberg

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Family resemblances in personality

Frank M. Ahern, Ronald C. Johnson, James R. Wilson, Gerald E. McClearn, Steven G. Vandenberg

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Abstract

Parent-offspring regressions, sibling correlations, and other measures of family resemblance in personality were computed for 54 personality traits, assessed by several psychometric personality tests as part of the Hawaii Family Study of Cognition. Considering all scales, the results suggest that a small familial/heritable component exists with regard to individual differences in personality, but did not demonstrate that some domains of personality are more familial or heritable than others.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	261-280
Number of pages	20
Journal	Behavior Genetics
Volume	12
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01067847
State	Published - May 1982

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Genetics
Genetics(clinical)

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