Personality resemblance among adolescents and their parents in biologically related and adoptive families

Studied 120 biologically related families with 234 children aged 16-22 yrs and 115 adoptive families with 194 children in the same age range. Ss were assessed for introversion-extroversion and neuroticism, measured with the Differential Personality Questionnaire, Eysenck Personality Inventory, and A...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 1981-05, Vol.40 (5), p.885-898
Main Authors: Scarr, Sandra, Webber, Patricia L, Weinberg, Richard A, Wittig, Michele A
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