This research has been supported by grants from the Pioneer Fund, the Seaver Institute, the University of Minnesota Graduate School, the Koch Charitable Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the National Science Foundation (BNS-7926654), and the Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishing Co We would like to thank the following people for the time and effort they have given to testing the twins Margaret Keyes, Jeff McHenry, Elizabeth Rengel, Susan Resnick, Joy Fisher, Jan Englander, Ann Riggs, Kimerly J Wilcox, Mary Moster, Dan Moloney, and Ellen Rubin We are indebted to our colleagues and collaborators on the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart project, Auke Tellegen, David Lykken, Bike Eckert, Leonard Heston, and Nancy L Segal for their help and advice We would also like to thank the Minneapolis Memorial Blood Bank, Herbert Polesky, Director, for the blood testing
Genetic and Rearing Environmental Influences on Adult Personality: An Analysis of Adopted Twins Reared Apart
Article first published online: 28 APR 2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1990.tb00916.x
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Bouchard, T. J. and McGue, M. (1990), Genetic and Rearing Environmental Influences on Adult Personality: An Analysis of Adopted Twins Reared Apart. Journal of Personality, 58: 263–292. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1990.tb00916.x
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- Issue published online: 28 APR 2006
- Article first published online: 28 APR 2006
- Manuscript received August 17, 1988, revised June 1, 1989
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