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Personal goals and personality traits among young adults: Genetic and environmental effects

Mari SiltalaLea PulkkinenJaakko KaprioEero VuoksimaaKatariina Salmela-aroSanna ReadJari-erik NurmiRichard J. RoseDanielle M. Dick

subject

AgreeablenessProperty (philosophy)Extraversion and introversionSocial Psychologymedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciences050109 social psychologyContext (language use)Article050105 experimental psychologyDevelopmental psychologyRespondentOpenness to experiencePersonality0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesBig Five personality traitsPsychologySocial psychologyta515General Psychologymedia_common

description

To assess genetic and environmental contributions to personal goals, 1279 twins aged 20-26 filled in Personal Project Analysis and NEO-FFI inventories. Personal goals relating to education, the respondent's own family, friends, property, travel and self showed primarily genetic and unique environmental effects, whereas goals related to parents and relatives showed both shared and unique environmental effects. The variation in goals related to health, work, hobbies and life philosophy was attributable to non-shared environmental effects. Openness to experience and personal goals related to family, education and property shared a significant amount of genetic influence. The same was true for extraversion and self-related goals, and agreeableness and goals related to property.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2012-02-06Journal of Research in Personality
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2012.01.007