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A behavioral genetic study of humor styles in an Australian sample. |
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The present study investigated the extent to which individual differences in humor styles are attributable to genetic and/or environmental factors in an Australian sample. Participants were 934 same-sex pairs of adult twins from the Australian Twin Registry (546 monozygotic pairs, 388 dizygotic pairs) who completed the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ). The HSQ measures four distinct styles of humor - affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive, and self-defeating. Results revealed that additive genetic and non-shared environmental factors accounted for the variance in all four humor styles, thus replicating results previously obtained in a sample of twins from the United Kingdom. However, a study conducted with a U.S. sample produced different results and we interpret these findings in terms of cross-cultural differences in humor. |
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PUBSTATUS |
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aheadofprint |
2012/06/13 |
entrez |
2012/08/11 06:00 |
pubmed |
2012/08/11 06:00 |
medline |
2013/04/05 06:00 |
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AUTHORS |
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FORENAME |
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AFFILIATION |
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Baughman HM |
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Baughman |
H M |
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Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. |
Giammarco EA |
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Giammarco |
E A |
EA |
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Veselka L |
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Veselka |
Livia |
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Schermer JA |
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Schermer |
Julie A |
JA |
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Martin NG |
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Martin |
Nicholas G |
NG |
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Lynskey M |
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Lynskey |
Michael |
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Vernon PA |
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Vernon |
Phillip A |
PA |
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JOURNAL |
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VOLUME: 15 |
ISSUE: 5 |
TITLE: Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies |
ISOABBREVIATION: Twin Res Hum Genet |
YEAR: 2012 |
MONTH: Oct |
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CITEDMEDIUM: Print |
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MEDLINETA: Twin Res Hum Genet |
COUNTRY: England |
ISSNLINKING: 1832-4274 |
NLMUNIQUEID: 101244624 |
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Journal Article |
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
Twin Study |
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DA18267 |
NIDA NIH HHS |
United States |
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Adult |
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Australia |
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Female |
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Genetics, Behavioral |
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Humans |
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Individuality |
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Male |
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Questionnaires |
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Social Perception |
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Twins, Dizygotic |
psychology |
Twins, Monozygotic |
psychology |
Wit and Humor as Topic |
psychology |
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CHEMICALS |
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