The Assessment and Heritability of a Brief Measure of Agency.

IF 2.6 4区 医学 Q2 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Eleanor J Junkins, D A Briley, Jaime Derringer
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Abstract

The interpersonal circumplex describes two major axes of personality that guide much of social behavior. Agency, one half of the interpersonal circumplex, refers to relatively stable behavioral patterns that center on self-focused dominance and assertiveness assessed in terms of goals, values, or personality traits. However, the psychometric overlap between agency and the most closely linked big five dimension, extraversion, is not well-established, and little behavior genetic work has documented evidence concerning the role of genetic and environmental influences on trait agency. We used the Midlife Development in the United States study to examine agency, big five, and generativity with replication and robustness checks (Nnon-twins = 5,194; Ntwins = 1,914; NMilwaukee = 592). Results indicated that agency was higher in men (d = - 0.24), moderately heritable (44.4%), strongly correlated with extraversion (r =.51), moderately correlated with generativity (r =.36), and approximately 41% of the variance in agency was shared with the big five. The current brief measure of agency across two samples reflected smaller gender differences than historical expectations but supported its distinction from the big five traits at the current levels of analysis.

代理简要测度的评估与遗传力。
人际圈理论描述了指导大部分社会行为的人格的两个主要轴。代理是人际关系障碍的一半,指的是相对稳定的行为模式,以自我为中心的主导和自信为中心,通过目标、价值观或人格特征来评估。然而,代理和与大五维度联系最紧密的外向性之间的心理测量重叠并不完善,而且很少有行为遗传学研究证明遗传和环境影响对特质代理的作用。我们使用美国的中年发展研究来检验代理,大五,以及具有重复性和稳健性检查的生成性(非双胞胎= 5194;Ntwins = 1914;密尔沃基= 592)。结果表明,能动性在男性中较高(d = - 0.24),具有中度遗传性(44.4%),与外向性强相关(r = 0.51),与生成性中度相关(r = 0.36),能动性的变异约41%与五大人格共有。目前对两个样本的代理能力的简要测量反映出的性别差异比历史预期的要小,但在当前的分析水平上,它支持了它与五大特征的区别。
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Behavior Genetics
Behavior Genetics 生物-行为科学
CiteScore
4.90
自引率
7.70%
发文量
30
审稿时长
6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: Behavior Genetics - the leading journal concerned with the genetic analysis of complex traits - is published in cooperation with the Behavior Genetics Association. This timely journal disseminates the most current original research on the inheritance and evolution of behavioral characteristics in man and other species. Contributions from eminent international researchers focus on both the application of various genetic perspectives to the study of behavioral characteristics and the influence of behavioral differences on the genetic structure of populations.
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