Citation

Kozak B, Strelau J, Miles JNV. Anxiety Stress Coping 2005; 18(1): 1-15.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10615800500040844

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Genetic analyses of data from 612 adult Polish twin pairs demonstrated reasonable genetic contribution to variation in scores of Task-Oriented, Emotion-Oriented, Social Diversion and Distraction scales on Endler and Parker's Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS). Structural equation models were fitted to estimate heritability and showed the range to which individual differences in coping are influenced by genetic and environmental factors. The model was extended, using a Cholesky (triangular) decomposition, to examine genetic and environmental covariance. The environmental correlations were generally low (maximum r=.24), whereas some of the genetic correlations were considerably higher (maximum r=.52).