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. 2020 Apr 27;117(19):10218–10224. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1920131117

Table 1.

Reliability, Falconer’s estimates, and variance component estimates for individual differences in trustworthiness, dominance, and attractiveness facial impressions (as measured by facial impression scores; see main text)

Trustworthiness Dominance Attractiveness
Reliability
Internal (split-half) 0.75 0.82 0.80
Test–retest 0.73 0.58 0.52
Falconer’s formula: ACE estimates
 A 0.11 0.10 0.14
 C 0.20 0.08 0.10
 E 0.70 0.82 0.77
Model fit: −2 log-likelihood; AIC (P value for difference in −2 log-likelihood)
 ACE 3,016.32; 732.32 2,984.34; 718.34 2,781.98, 503.98
 AE 3,016.71; 730.71, P = 0.530 2,984.34; 716.34, P > 0.999 2,781.98; 501.98, P > 0.999
 CE 3,017.16; 731.16, P = 0.359 2,985.73; 717.73, P = 0.238 2,784.66; 504.66, P = 0.102
 E 3,051.54; 763.54, P < 0.001 2,997.67; 727.67, P = 0.001 2,813.3; 531.3, P < 0.001
Full model: ACE estimates (95% CI)
 A 0.17 (0; 0.37) 0.18 (0; 0.27) 0.30 (0; 0.39)
 C 0.11 (0; 0.33) 0 (0; 0.22) 0 (0; 0.30)
 E 0.72 (0.63; 0.81) 0.82 (0.73; 0.92) 0.70 (0.61; 0.81)
Best-fit model: AE estimates (95% CI)
 A 0.29 (0.20; 0.38) 0.18 (0.08; 0.27) 0.30 (0.20; 0.39)
 E 0.71 (0.62; 0.80) 0.82 (0.73; 0.92) 0.70 (0.61; 0.80)

A, additive genetic influences; C, shared environmental influences; E, both personal environmental influences and measurement error. Lower and upper bound 95% CIs are shown in parentheses for model estimates so that each estimate that does not touch zero is significant at alpha = 0.05 (two-sided). ACE, df = 1,142, 1,133, 1,139 for trustworthiness, dominance, attractiveness. difference in df ACE-AE = 1; difference in df ACE-CE = 1; difference in df ACE-E = 2.