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A Behavior Genetic Study of the Connection Between Social Values and Personality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Julie Aitken Schermer ,
Philip A. Vernon ,
Gregory R. Maio  and
Kerry L. Jang
Julie Aitken Schermer*
Affiliation:
The University of Western Ontario, Canada. [email protected]
Philip A. Vernon
Affiliation:
The University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Gregory R. Maio
Affiliation:
Cardiff University, United Kingdom.
Kerry L. Jang
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia, Canada.
*
*ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Julie Aitken Schermer, Management and Organizational Studies, Faculty of Social Science, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2.

Abstract

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The present research examined the extent to which relations between social values and personality are due to shared genetic or environmental factors. Using the Rokeach (1973) Value Survey and a scoring key from Schwartz and Bilsky (1990), seven value scores (enjoyment, achievement, self-direction, maturity, prosocial, security, and restrictive conformity) were derived in a sample of twins. As expected, all of the value scales were found to have a significant genetic component, with values ranging from 36% for enjoyment to 63% for prosocial, and there were numerous significant phenotypic correlations found between the value scales and personality scores. Most important, bivariate genetic analyses revealed that some of these phenotypic correlations could be attributed to common genetic or environmental factors.

Keywords

valuesgeneticstwins
Type
Articles
Information
Twin Research and Human Genetics , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , 01 June 2011 , pp. 233 - 239
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011