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Some Implications of the Eysenck-Prell Study of “The Inheritance of Neuroticism”: A Critique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Bertram P. Karon  and
David R. Saunders
Bertram P. Karon
Affiliation:
Akron Psychological Consulting Center, Akron, Ohio
David R. Saunders
Affiliation:
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey
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Few problems in the whole field of psychopathology are more important than that of aetiology. While it is generally accepted that heredity and environment must interact in some fashion in the causation of most mental disorders, the nature of the roles played by the two classes of determinant is not known. Consequently, any study shedding light on this problem is of primary importance.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 104 , Issue 435 , April 1958 , pp. 350 - 358
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1958 

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