Nicole Ernstmann, Christian Heuser, Sarah Halbach, Ingo Wegener, Stefanie Rambau, Andreas J Forstner, Johannes Schumacher, Martin Mücke, Franziska Geiser, Rupert Conrad
[Interactive Health Literacy, Sociodemographic Characteristics and the Uptake of Psychotherapeutic or Pharmacological Interventions - are there Social Inequalities in the Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder?]
Psychiatrische Praxis
abstract article deals contribution genetic environmental factors individual differences three major dimensions personality psychoticism extraversion neuroticism twin studies indicate family studies confirm within limits strong genetic determination many personality factors additive genetic variance accounting roughly half total phenotypic variance environmental side shared family environment plays little part environmental effects withinfamily assortative mating important formation social attitudes little impact personality dominance may important extraversion epistasis emergenesis may account comparative low values dizygotic dz twins correlations evidence differential heritability traits present strong concluded behavioral genetics forms vital part psychological understanding causes individual differences personality