Personality Structure: Emergence of the Five-Factor Model

1990 Annual Review of Psychology 6,382 citations

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There is clear evidence that parents can and do influence children. There is equally clear evidence that children’s genetic makeup affects their own behavioral characteristics, and also influences the way they are treated by their parents. Twin and ...Read More

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PsychologyPersonalityDevelopmental psychologyBehavioural geneticsBig Five personality traitsTwin studySocial psychologyHeritability

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1990
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Volume
41
Issue
1
Pages
417-440
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6382
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John M. Digman (1990). Personality Structure: Emergence of the Five-Factor Model. Annual Review of Psychology , 41 (1) , 417-440. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ps.41.020190.002221

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