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The genetics of human personality
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The genetics of human personality

Abstract

Personality traits are the relatively enduring patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors that reflect the tendency to respond in certain ways under certain circumstances. Twin and family studies have showed that personality traits are moderately heritable, and can predict various lifetime outcomes, including psychopathology. The Research Domain Criteria characterizes psychiatric diseases as extremes of normal tendencies, including specific …

Authors

Sanchez‐Roige S; Gray JC; MacKillop J; Chen C; Palmer AA

Journal

Genes Brain & Behavior, Vol. 17, No. 3,

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

March 2018

DOI

10.1111/gbb.12439

ISSN

1601-1848