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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Res Pers. 2009;43(5):737–746. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.04.008

Table 2.

Monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins: number of pairs and intra-class correlations.

Mother
Father
MZ
n = 88
DZ
n = 109
MZ
n = 44
DZ
n = 54
Effortful Control .79 .43 .83 .59
 Attentional Focusing .57 −.02 ns .39 −.19+
 Inhibitory Control .70 .24 .84 .43
 Low-Intensity Pleasure .86 .66 .84 .79
 Perceptual Sensitivity .72 .56 .83 .55
Surgency .69 −.19 .41 −.51
 Activity .72 −.19 .47 −.39
 High-Intensity Pleasure .75 .06 ns .51 −.26
 Impulsivity .45 −.13 ns .07 ns −.36
 Shyness .59 .11 ns .63 −.02 ns
Negative Affectivity .72 .34 .63 .63
 Anger .81 .47 .79 .50
 Discomfort .47 .03 ns .39 .42
 Soothability .59 .23 .57 .38
 Fear .72 .47 .71 .36
 Sadness .69 .37 .64 .74
Other scales
 Approach .80 .39 .80 .35
 Smiling .66 .41 .72 .49

Note: all intra-class correlations significant (two-tailed p < .05) unless indicated,

+

= p < .10 or “ns” = non-significant.