Is optimism heritable? A study of twins

1993/07/01 by Peter Schulman, D Keith, Donald Keith +2 · 3 citations
Decision Sciences · Medicine · Psychology · #Big Five personality traits #Biology #Clinical psychology #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics #Developmental psychology #Dizygotic twin #Dizygotic twins #Genetics #Heritability #Medicine #Monozygotic twin #Optimism #Optimism, Hope, and Well-being #Personality #Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research #Psychology #Social psychology #Twin study

paper · doi:10.1016/0005-7967(93)90108-7

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