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The Etiology of Personality Function: The University of British Columbia Twin Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Kerry L. Jang ,
W. John Livesley  and
Philip A. Vernon
Kerry L. Jang*
Affiliation:
Division of Behavioural Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia,Vancouver, [email protected]
W. John Livesley
Affiliation:
Division of Behavioural Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia,Vancouver, Canada
Philip A. Vernon
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
*
*Address for correspondence: Kerry L. Jang, Ph.D, Division of Behavioural Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, 2255 Wesbrook Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 2A1.

Abstract

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The UBC Twin Project is an on-going study of personality and personality disorder that has collected personality data on approximately 1000 adult volunteer twin pairs. The primary purpose of the study is to develop and validate measures of the major forms of personality disorder as a quantitative alternative to the classificatory system first proposed by the DSM-III using the standard methods of personality and behavioural genetics research. To date, the study has explored the univariate and multivariate relationships between the major personality and personality disorder inventories, and their relationships to other psychopathologies including the mood and anxiety disorders and key psychological variables, such as cognitive ability, attachment and attitudes. The results have several implications for personality and personality disorders, most notably a rationalized diagnostic/nosological system to enhanced measurement instruments that index and reflect the influence of specific genetic and environmental influences.

Type
Articles/Canada
Information
Twin Research and Human Genetics , Volume 5 , Issue 5 , 01 October 2002 , pp. 342 - 346
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2002