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Comparative Study
. 1979;28(3):197-210.
doi: 10.1017/s0001566000009053.

The genetical relationship of impulsiveness and sensation seeking to Eysenck's personality dimensions

N G Martin, L J Eaves, D W Fulker
Comparative Study

The genetical relationship of impulsiveness and sensation seeking to Eysenck's personality dimensions

N G Martin et al. Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma). 1979.

Abstract

The genetical analysis of covariance structures is used to explore the genetical and environmental intercorrelations of impulsiveness and sensation seeking factors and their conformity to Eysenck's principal personality dimensions. The independent dimensions of psychoticism, extraversion, neuroticism, and lie scale are not found to give a very satisfactory account of the genetical factor structure. In particular, it is clear that impulsiveness and sensation seeking are not simple reflections of extraversion.

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