Is the genetic structure of human personality universal? A cross-cultural twin study from North America, Europe, and Asia

被引：188

作者：

Yamagata, Shinji

Suzuki, Atsunobu

Ando, Juko

Ono, Yutaka

Kijima, Nobuhiko

Yoshimura, Kimio

Ostendorf, Fritz

Angleitner, Alois

Riemann, Rainer

Spinath, Frank M.

Livesley, W. John

Jang, Keay L.

机构：

[1] Univ Tokyo, Dept Cognit & Behav Sci, Grad Sch Arts & Sci, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1538902, Japan

[2] Keio Univ, Dept Educ, Fac Letters, Keio, Japan

[3] Keio Univ, Ctr Hlth, Keio, Japan

[4] Keio Univ, Psychol Lab, Keio, Japan

[5] Univ Bielefeld, Dept Psychol, D-4800 Bielefeld, Germany

[6] Univ Jena, Dept Psychol, D-6900 Jena, Germany

[7] Univ Saarland, Dept Psychol, D-6600 Saarbrucken, Germany

[8] Univ British Columbia, Dept Psychiat, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada

来源：

JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2006年 / 90卷 / 06期

关键词：

five-factor model; Revised NEO Personality Inventory; universality; behavioral genetics; twin study;

D O I：

10.1037/0022-3514.90.6.987

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

This study examined whether universality of the 5-factor model (FFM) of personality operationalized by the Revised NEO Personality Inventory is due to genetic influences that are invariant across diverse nations. Factor analyses were conducted on matrices of phenotypic, genetic, and environmental correlations estimated in a sample of 1,209 monozygotic and 701 dizygotic twin pairs from Canada, Germany, and Japan. Five genetic and environmental factors were extracted for each sample. High congruence coefficients were observed when phenotypic, genetic, and environmental factors were compared in each sample as well as when each factor was compared across samples. These results suggest that the FFM has a solid biological basis and may represent a common heritage of the human species.

引用

页码：987 / 998

页数：12

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