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Sex Differences in the Heritability of Resilience

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Boardman, Jason D., Blalock, Casey L., Button, Tanya M. M.·2008·Twin Research and Human Genetics
DOI 10.1375/twin.11.1.12PMC PMC2674367
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We examine the heritability of psychological resilience among US adults aged 25 to 74 years. Using monozygotic and same sex dizygotic twin pairs from the National Survey of Mid-Life Development in the United States (MIDUS) we show that positive affect is equally heritable among men (h 2= .60) and women (h 2= .59). We then estimate the heritability of positive affect after controlling for an exhaustive list of social and inter-personal stressors, and we operationalize the residual for positive affect as resilience. According to this specification, the heritability of resilience is higher among men (h 2= .52) compared to women (h 2= .38). We show that self-acceptance is one of the most important aspects of psychological functioning that accounts for the heritability of resilience among both men and women. However, compared to women, men appear to derive additional benefits from environmental mastery that may enable otherwise sex-neutral resilient tendencies to manifest.

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Authors
Boardman, J. D., Blalock, C. L., & Button, T. M. M.
Affiliations
University of Colorado Boulder (US)
Corresponding author
Boardman, Jason D.
Venue
Twin Research and Human Genetics
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2008-02-01
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
12-27
ISSN
  • 1832-4274 (ISSN-L)
  • 1839-2628
DOI
10.1375/twin.11.1.12
PMC
PMC2674367
OpenAlex
W1966850981
Cited by
185
References
55
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FWCI
4.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 1481 d)
Locations
  • Twin Research and Human Genetics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Cambridge
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (T32AA007464)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R21HD051146, R13HD078100, K01HD050336)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
psychological resilience, heritability, sex differences, positive affect, self-acceptance, environmental mastery, social stressors, monozygotic and dizygotic twins, middle-aged adults
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Affect, Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Sex Factors, Stress, Psychological, Twins, Dizygotic, Twins, Monozygotic, Quantitative Trait, Heritable

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