Self‐Esteem, Negative Emotionality, and Depression as a Common Temperamental Core: A Study of Mid‐Adolescent Twin Girls
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ABSTRACT We tested the structure and magnitude of genetic and environmental influences on the overlap among self‐esteem, negative emotionality, and major depression symptoms in adolescent girls (N=706) from the Minnesota Twin Family Study. Genetic and environmental influences on all three operated via a general, heritable factor. Genetic influences explained the majority of overlap among the three constructs, as well as most of the variance in self‐esteem and negative emotionality. Genetic influences on depression were more modest and largely due to genetic factors specific to depression. These findings support the theory that self‐esteem, depression, and neuroticism represent aspects of a common temperamental core. The interrelations among the three constructs in mid‐adolescence is consistent with their interrelations in adulthood.
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- Authors
- Neiss, M. B., Stevenson, J., Legrand, L. N., Iacono, W. G., & Sedikides, C.
- Affiliations
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Corresponding author
- Neiss, Michelle B.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-03-05
- Volume
- 77
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 327-346
- ISSN
- 0022-3506 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-6494
- PMC
- PMC2757924
- OpenAlex
- W2133528189
- Cited by
- 50
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Personality (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA009367, R37AA009367, AA-09367)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Keywords
- self-esteem, negative affectivity, depression, neuroticism, genetic factors, environmental influences, heritability, middle adolescence, adolescent girls, Minnesota Twin Family Study, twin studies
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Psychology, Adolescent, Depression, Female, Humans, Personality, Personality Assessment, Self Concept, Social Environment, Twins
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