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 …

The idea that individual differences in behavior and physiology can be partly understood by
linking them to a fast-slow continuum of life history strategies has become popular in the …

According to twin studies, the Big Five personality traits have substantial heritable
components explaining 40–60% of the variance, but identification of associated genetic …

This authoritative handbook is the reference of choice for researchers and students of
personality. Leading authorities describe the most important theoretical approaches in …

In the context of current concerns about replication in psychological science, we describe 10
findings from behavioral genetic research that have replicated robustly. These are “big” …

Neuroticism is a personality trait of fundamental importance for psychological well-being and
public health. It is strongly associated with major depressive disorder (MDD) and several …

Importance Neuroticism is a pervasive risk factor for psychiatric conditions. It genetically
overlaps with major depressive disorder (MDD) and is therefore an important phenotype for …

With the advent of increasingly accessible technologies for ty** genetic variation, studies
of gene-environment (G× E) interactions have proliferated in psychological research. Among …

Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have shown that temperament is strongly
influenced by more than 700 genes that modulate associative conditioning by molecular …

This multitrait multimethod twin study examined the structure and sources of individual
differences in creativity. According to different theoretical and metrological perspectives, as …