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Human values: Genetic and environmental effects on five lexically derived domains and their facets |
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| Authors: | Walter Renner Christian Kandler Wiebke Bleidorn Rainer Riemann Alois Angleitner Frank M. Spinath Jutta Menschik-Bendele |
| Affiliation: | a Dept. of Psychology, University of Klagenfurt, Universitätsstrasse 65-67, A-9020 Klagenfurt, Austria b Dept. of Psychology, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstrasse 25, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany c Dept. of Psychology, Saarland University, Germany |
| Abstract: | Whereas a substantial genetic component of Conservatism and Religiosity is well documented, there is little evidence with respect to the behavior genetics of other aspects of human values. A sample of 157 monozygotic and 74 dizygotic twins reared together received the Austrian Value Questionnaire (AVQ), which measures a broad variety of value domains and their facets, found by the lexical approach in the German language. Family resemblance of Intellectualism, Harmony, Materialism, and Conservatism was best explained by additive or dominance genetic and non-shared environmental effects, whereas the influence of the environment shared by twins was negligible. In contrast, Religiosity was transmitted by additive genetic, shared and non-shared environmental influences. At the level of facets, the Intellectualism and Harmony showed a homogenous etiology while Religiosity, Materialism, and Conservatism were etiologically heterogeneous. |
| Keywords: | Behavior genetics Human values Lexical approach |
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