Can personality explain genetic influences on life events
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6204581 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kimberly J Saudino (0000-0001-5628-5357, Boston University, corresponding author), Nancy L Pedersen (0000-0001-8057-3543), Paul Lichtenstein (0000-0003-3037-5287), Gerald E Mcclearn, Robert Plomin (0000-0002-0756-3629), Et Al, et al et al |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 196-206 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.72.1.196 |
| PMID | 9008381 |
| OpenAlex | W1977466567 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 1 |
Previous research in the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA) has found genetic influences on life events (R. Plomin, P. Lichtenstein, N.L. Pedersen, G.E. McClearn, & J.R. Nesselroade, 1990). The present study extends this finding by examining sex differences in genetic and environmental contributions to life events and by examining personality as a mediator of genetic influences on life events in SATSA. Analyses were based on 320 twin pairs, including identical and fraternal twins reared together and apart (mean age = 58.6 years). Controllable, desirable, and undesirable life events were revealed significant genetic variance for women. There was no significant genetic variance for either sex for uncontrollable events. Multivariate analyses of personality (as indexed by Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Openness to Experience) and life events suggest that all of the genetic variance on controllable, desirable, and undesirable life events for women is common to personality. Thus, in this sample of older adult women, genetic influences on life events appear to be entirely mediated by personality.
Big Five personality traits · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Heritability · Neuroticism · Openness to experience · Personality · Twin study · Variance (accounting · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Genetics · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology
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