Human personality traits are associated with individual environmental traits in male adolescents—a pilot study

• Published in: Comprehensive psychiatry Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 56 - 60
• Main Author: Nakamura-Tani, Toshiaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 2005; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Biological and medical sciences; Exploratory Behavior; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Juvenile Delinquency - statistics & numerical data; Male; Object Attachment; Parent-Child Relations; Parents - psychology; Personality Disorders - diagnosis; Personality Disorders - epidemiology; Personality Disorders - psychology; Personality traits; Personality. Affectivity; Pilot Projects; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychometrics - methods; Risk-Taking; Social Environment; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tobacco Smoke Pollution - statistics & numerical data; Tropical medicine; Asia; Japan; Social environment; Affect affectivity; Parental behavior; Mental health; Sex; Environmental factor; Genetic determinism; Parent child relation; Social behavior; Affective attachment; Juvenile delinquency; Family environment; Genetics; Public health; Human; Consumption; Healthy subject; Personality; Risk taking; Tobacco; Genotype environment interaction; Sociodemographic factor; Adolescent; Predictive factor; Social behavior disorder; Comparative study

The human personality seems to be formed by biological (internal) and environmental (external) factors, which function interactively. This pilot study examined the relationship between fundamental personality traits and individual environmental traits in healthy adolescents. A complex relationship b...