This paper is a tribute to researchers who have significantly contributed to improving and
advancing structural equation modeling (SEM). It is, therefore, a brief overview of SEM and …

Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have become the focus of the statistical analysis
of complex traits in humans, successfully shedding light on several aspects of genetic …

Personality traits are the relatively enduring patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors that
reflect the tendency to respond in certain ways under certain circumstances. Twin and family …

Personality, 10th ed. Page 1 Jerry M. Burger Santa Clara University Personality Tenth
Edition Australia • Brazil • Mexico • Singapore • United Kingdom • United States …

The decision to vote has puzzled scholars for decades. Theoretical models predict little or no
variation in participation in large population elections and empirical models have typically …

Infant mortality is higher in boys than girls in most parts of the world. This has been
explained by sex differences in genetic and biological makeup, with boys being biologically …

Background: Eating behavior may be implicated in the increasing prevalence of overweight
and obesity, presumably in relation to easy access to energy-dense and highly palatable …

Background Previous twin studies have shown greater concordance rates for psoriasis in
MZ than in DZ twins, and heritability estimates between 66% and 90%. This supports a …

The allostatic load model proposed by McEwen and Stellar refers to the wear and tear that
the body experiences due to the repeated use of adaptive responses to stress, as well as the …

Social networks exhibit strikingly systematic patterns across a wide range of human
contexts. Although genetic variation accounts for a significant portion of the variation in many …