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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Smederevac, Snežana
• Mitrović, Dušanka
• Sadiković, Selka
• Riemann, Rainer
• Bratko, Denis
• Prinz, Mechthild
• Budimlija, Zoran

Titel

Hereditary and environmental factors of the Five-Factor Model traits: A cross-cultural study

Ist Teil von

• Personality and individual differences, 2020-08, Vol.162, p.109995, Article 109995

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study examines cultural differences in genetic and environmental influences on Five-Factor Model (FFM) across Croatian, German and Serbian cultures. Participants were 1021 monozygotic and 722 dizygotic twin pairs and NEO Five-Factor Inventory– NEO-FFI is used to assess FFM personality traits. Results show a similar pattern of genetic and environmental contribution to the variance of all FFM dimensions, indicating that culture has no significant effect on the genetic and environmental variance of personality traits. The best fitted common factor - common AE pathway models show that FFM dimensions are accounted for by the common latent factor. Although FFM dimensions clearly share some common sources of variance, the effects of specific genetic and environmental factors are more pronounced than common ones. Different patterns of genetic and environmental correlations across three samples may reflect the way that the synergy of personality traits responds to the specificities of a particular culture, as well as possible subtle differences in item translation, testing conditions, and measurement error. •Genetic and environmental covariance across the FFM was accounted for by a single underlying latent factor.•All FFM traits have their own specific sources of genetic and environmental variance.•Culture has no significant effect on the genetic and environmental variance of personality traits.•Patterns of environmental correlations between personality traits differ subtly across cultures.•Results point to the potential of variety of modern life situations to elicit an emotional tension.