Phenotypic, Genetic, and Nonshared Environmental Parallels in the Structure of Personality: A View From the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire.

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  • Author(s): Krueger, Robert F.
  • Source:
    Journal of Personality & Social Psychology. Dec2000, Vol. 79 Issue 6, p1057-1067. 11p. 1 Diagram, 3 Charts.
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    • Subject Terms:
      PERSONALITY questionnaires; PERSONALITY & emotions; MENTAL health; PSYCHOLOGY
    • Abstract:
      How closely do observed, phenotypic personality structures correspond with underlying, genetic, and environmental personality structures? This question was addressed using data from 2,490 pairs of twins from the Minnesota Twin Registry, who completed A. Tellegen's (1982) Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ). Phenotypic, additive genetic, and nonshared environmental correlations were computed among the MPQ's eleven primary scales. Principal component analyses of all three matrices revealed three broad, higher-order components that were readily interpreted as negative emotionality, positive emotionality, and constraint. The components from all three matrices were highly comparable, suggesting that the observed, phenotypie structure of personality corresponds closely with the underlying, etiological structure of personality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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