Behavior genetics of temperament and personality / / edited by Kimberly J. Saudino and Jody M. Ganiban

• Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 155.7
• Soggetto topico: Behavior genetics; Desenvolupament de la personalitat; Genetica humana; Herència humana; Herència i medi; Genètica de la conducta
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Persona (resp. second.): SaudinoKimberly J
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Reference -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: Defining Temperament and Personality Across the Lifespan: Conceptual Models, Development, and Genetic Bases -- Chapter 1: Development of Temperament in Infancy and Childhood -- Introduction -- Historical Background -- US Theoretical Perspectives: From the 1987 "Roundtable" to Present -- Temperament Development -- Developmental Behavior Genetic Findings -- Future Directions -- References -- Chapter 2: Development of Personality in Adulthood: A Behavioral Genetic Perspective -- Introduction -- The Nature of Personality and Personality Change -- What Are Personality Traits, and Do They Change Developmentally? -- The Structure of Personality -- What Kinds of Change and Stability Are There? -- What Have We Learned from Phenotypic Studies of Stability and Change? -- Theoretical Perspectives on the Contribution of Genetics in Personality Stability and Change -- Cross-Sectional Twin, Family and Adoption Studies of Adult Personality -- Twin Studies of Adult Personality -- Does the Heritability of Personality Vary with Age? -- Adoption and Family Studies of Personality -- Longitudinal Behavioral Genetic Studies of Adult Personality -- Longitudinal Twin Studies -- Longitudinal Biometric Methods -- What Do We Know About the Biometric Contributions to Personality Development? -- What Do We Know about Specific Causes of Adult Personality? -- Specific Genetic Influences on Adult Personality -- Specific Environmental Influences on Adult Personality -- Gene-Environment Interaction -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Molecular Genetic Research on Temperament in Infancy and Early Childhood -- Introduction -- Conceptualizing Temperament -- Molecular Genetics -- Genotyping -- Genes During Development -- Candidate Gene Studies -- Additional Genes -- Conclusions -- References. ; Chapter 4: Molecular Genetic Research on Personality -- Introduction -- History -- Methodology -- Candidate Gene Association Studies -- Linkage Studies -- Genome-Wide Association (GWA) Studies -- SNP-Based Heritability Studies -- Findings -- Candidate Gene Association Studies -- Linkage Studies -- Genome-Wide Association Studies -- Meta-Analytic Genome-Wide Association Studies -- SNP-Based Heritability Studies -- Polygenic Associations Between Personality Traits and Psychiatric Phenotypes -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Developmental Significance of Temperament and Personality: Links with Other Behaviors -- Chapter 5: Temperament and Child Psychopathology: Specificity in Shared Genetic Effects -- Introduction -- Temperament and Psychopathology: Definitions, Distinctions, and Development -- Temperament and Psychopathology: Structure and Measurement -- Temperament and Psychopathology: Theory and Models -- Temperament as Vulnerability or Protective Factor -- The Scar Effect or Reverse Model of Temperament-Psychopathology Association -- The Cross-Lagged Model: Testing Direction of Effects -- The Cascade Model -- Gene-Environment and Temperament-Environment Interplay -- Temperament and Psychopathology: Quantitative Genetic Methodology -- Temperament and Psychopathology: Empirical Review -- Negative Emotionality -- Effortful Control -- Surgency -- Empirical Review: Conclusion -- Temperament and Psychopathology: Future Directions -- Diversity of Research Participants -- Temperament Assessment -- New Dimensional and Hierarchical Models of Psychopathology -- Early Prevention and Intervention -- Temperament and Psychopathology: General Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Personality and Health -- Introduction -- Standard Personality Measures and Longevity/Health -- All-Cause Mortality and Personality -- Neuroticism -- Mechanisms -- Conscientiousness. ; Self-esteem -- Mindfulness Versus Mind Wandering -- Predictive Value of Personality -- Effect Size -- Personality -- Genes, Personality, and Longevity -- Addiction -- Heritability -- Alcoholism, Personality, and Genes -- Smoking, Personality, and Genes -- Microbiome, Personality, and Health -- Gut-Brain Axis -- Vagus Nerve -- Peptide Hormones -- Autism -- Personality -- Delay Discounting -- Delay Discounting (DD) and Genes -- Social Media and Personality -- General Introduction -- Social Media Use and Health -- Social Media Use and Personality -- Social Media Addiction -- Stability of Personality Across the Life Span -- Social Status, Personality, and Health -- Subordination -- Personality -- The Human Situation -- SES, Health, and the Negative Gradient -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7: Toward the Dark Side: Temperament, Personality, and Genetics Related to Antisocial Behaviors -- Introduction -- Antisocial Behaviors -- The Dark Triad and Antisocial Behavior -- Delinquency and Rule-Breaking Behaviors -- Criminality -- Stability of Antisocial Behaviors -- Other Aggression -- Genetic Influences: Antisocial Behaviors and Temperament/Personality -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: The Bright Side of Interpersonal Interactions: Prosocial Behaviors Are Influenced by Temperament, Personality, and Genetics -- Introduction -- Prosocial Behaviors -- Prosocial Behaviors in Childhood -- Prosocial Behaviors in Adolescence and Adulthood -- Genetic Influences: Prosocial Behaviors and Temperament/Personality -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: "Ties that Bind" Behavior Genetics of Associations Between Attachment and Personality in Adulthood -- Introduction -- Current Topics and Issues in Adult Attachment and Personality -- Discussion -- Conclusions and Future Directions -- References. ; Part III: Understanding Links Between Temperament, Personality, and Other Behaviors: The Interface Between Nature and Nurture -- Chapter 10: Gene-Environment Processes Linking Temperament and Parenting -- Introduction -- Temperament -- Parenting and Child Temperament: "Phenotypic" Level -- Sources of Variance in Temperament -- Behavioral Genetics -- Candidate Genes and Candidate Environments -- Gene-Environment Correlation -- Gene x Environment Interaction Studies -- Epigenetics -- Conclusions and Future Directions -- References -- Chapter 11: Temperament, Personality, and Family Relationships in Childhood and Adulthood: Results from Behavioral Genetic Research -- Introduction -- The Current Chapter -- Current Topics or Issues -- Genotype-Environment Correlation -- Genotype × Environment Interaction -- Discussion -- Future Directions -- References -- Chapter 12: Moderators of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Personality: Empirical and Theoretical Considerations -- Introduction -- Rationale for Studying Gene × Environment Interactions -- Behavioral Genetic Methodology and Biometric Moderation Models -- Current Topics and Issues -- GxE in Twin and Adoption Studies -- GxE Involving Measured Genetic Variants in Unrelated Individuals -- Discussion of Methodology and Future Directions -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Behavior genetics of temperament and personality
• ISBN: 1-0716-0933-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910447259003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advances in Behavior Genetics