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Heritability of facet-level traits in a cross-cultural twin sample: Support for a hierarchical model of personality.
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The common variance among personality traits can be summarized in the factors of the five-factor model, which are known to be heritable. This study examined heritability of the residual specific variance in facet-level traits from the Revised NEO Personality Inventory. Analyses of raw and residual facet scales across Canadian (183 monozygotic [MZ] and 175 dizogotic [DZ] pairs) and German (435 MZ and 205 DZ pairs) twin samples showed genetic and environmental influences of the same type and magnitude across the 2 samples for most facets. Additive genetic effects accounted for 25% to 65% of the reliable specific variance. Results provide strong support for hierarchical models of personality that posit a large number of narrow traits in addition to a few broader trait factors or domains. Facet-level traits are not simply exemplars of the broad factors they define; they are discrete constructs with their own heritable and thus biological basis.
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- Authors
- Jang, K. L., McCrae, R. R., Angleitner, A., Riemann, R., & Livesley, W. J.
- Affiliations
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 1998
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1556-1565
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W1984154567
- Semantic Scholar
- 3946c09e6c4f9583d21bcdef20c161479199bb2e
- Cited by
- 539
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- FWCI
- 18.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University) (submittedVersion)
- Publikationen an der Universität Bielefeld (Universität Bielefeld) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Keywords
- personality facets, heritability, twin studies, Big Five personality traits, genetic and environmental factors, cross-cultural comparison, monozygotic and dizygotic twins, NEO-PI-R
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Canada, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Germany, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Genetic, Personality, Twins
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