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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 2.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Pers. 2019 May 1;33(3):317–336. doi: 10.1002/per.2202

Table 2.

Phenotypic Correlations and Twin Correlations

Partial correlation Twin correlation
Outcome variable Mastery Performance approach Performance avoidance MZ DZ
Mastery - - - .381 .194
(.259,.503) (.104,.284)
Performance approach .214 - - .318 .086
(.165,.263) (.208,.428) (−.008,.180)
Performance avoidance .081 .555 - .291 .063
(.034,.128) (.500,.610) (.169,.413) (−.029,.155)
School Mastery .410 .125 .035 .433 .339
(.339,.481) (.047,.203) (−.045,.115) (.225,.641) (.196,.482)
School Performance approach .120 .306 .179 .373 .214
(.038,.202) (.228,.384) (.083,.275) (.189,.557) (.067,.361)
School Performance avoidance −.016 .482 .449 .377 .279
(−.090,.058) (.404,.560) (.365,.533) (.199,.555) (.130,.428)
Parent Mastery .388 .197 .150 .470 .196
(.310,.466) (.107,.287) (.060,.240) (.292,.648) (.047,.345)
Parent Performance .045 .389 .362 .406 .090
(−.035,.125) (.305,.473) (.272,.452) (.235,.577) (−.067,.247)
Peer relationship .264 .003 −.161 .529 .084
(.180,.348) (−.091,.097) (−.251,−.071) (.308,.75) (−.088,.256)
Cognitive Ability −.003 −.093 .076 .768 .410
(−.068,.062) (−.154,−.032) (.013,.139) (.686,.850) (.324,.496)
Conscientiousness .252 .021 −.045 .288 .082
(.203,.301) (−.024,.066) (−.090,.00) (.172,.404) (−.010,.174)
Openness .142 −.082 −.015 .344 .129
(.087,.197) (−.127,−.037) (−.060,.030) (.230,.458) (.037,.221)

Note. All variables have been residualized for age, sex, and age × sex. 95% confidence intervals are presented in parentheses.