A behavioural genetic study of mental toughness and personality

被引：104

作者：

Horsburgh, Vanessa A. ^{[1
]}

Schermer, Julie Aitken

Veselka, Livia ^{[1
]}

Vernon, Philip A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Western Ontario, Dept Psychol, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada

来源：

PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES | 2009年 / 46卷 / 02期

关键词：

Behavioural genetics; Individual differences; Mental toughness; Hardiness; Personality; Big five theory of personality; Twin study; 5-FACTOR MODEL; LIFE EVENTS; HARDINESS; NEUROTICISM; RESILIENCE; DIAGNOSIS; CONSTRUCT; ZYGOSITY; HEALTH;

D O I：

10.1016/j.paid.2008.09.009

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

The present Study is the first behavioural genetic (BG) investigation of mental toughness, as measured by the 48-item mental toughness (MT48) questionnaire, and the first BG investigation of relationships between mental toughness and the Big-5 factors Of Personality. Participants were 219 pairs of adult monozygotic and dizygotic twins from across North America. Twin Study methodology was used to determine the extent to which genes and/or environmental factors contributed to individual differences in mental toughness and also to determine the genetic and/or environmental basis of any relationship between mental toughness and personality. Univariate BG analyses revealed that individual differences ill mental toughness (as well as in personality) were largely attributable to genetic and nonshared environmental factors. Bivariate BG analyses revealed that phenotypic correlations between mental toughness and personality were largely attributable to common genetic and common nonshared environmental factors. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：100 / 105

页数：6

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