Like father, like son? Think again! People Á곤¹¤ë surprisingly little of their personality from their parents, ½Ï¹Í¤¹¤ë¡¿¹Íθ¤¹¤ë ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹s

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Phrases such as 'like father, like son' ¼¨º¶¤¹¤ë it's not just looks that are passed É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë through the À¤Âås.?

In fact, we're °ìÈÌŪ¤Ë led to believe that personality traits are Á곤¹¤ëd from our mum or dad.?

But a new ½Ï¹Í¤¹¤ë¡¿¹Íθ¤¹¤ë ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ës that there may ¸½¼Â¤Ë be little truth to this.?

¸¦µæ°÷s at the University of Edinburgh say we're only ¤ï¤º¤«¤Ë more likely to ³ô personality traits with our parents than we are with a ̵ºî°Ù¤Î stranger.?

They Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ that it is 'impossible to Àµ³Î¤Ë ͽÊ󤹤ë a child¡Çs personality traits from those of their mother or father'.

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'In almost every language, there is a form of the English proverb ¡Èlike father, like son¡É,'?lead author Dr Ren? Mottus at the University of Edinburgh told MailOnline.?

'Many people believe this and ¤¤¤Ä¤«s make ºÛȽ¡¿È½ÃÇs about people based on their parents.?

'But it turns out this proverb is not very Àµ³Î¤Ê when it comes to personality traits ? our usual patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving.?

'There is only a small chance that people are more Îà»÷¤Î to their parents than to any ̵ºî°Ù¤Î stranger.'?

Working with ÀìÌç²Ès at the University of Tartu in Estonia, Dr Mottus and Ʊνs ¿·ºÎÍѤ¹¤ëd more than 1,000 pairs of ¿Æ²s from the Estonian Biobank, a?large collection of health ¡Ê·Ù»¡¤Ê¤É¤Ø¤Î¡ËÌ©¹ð¡¤¹ðÁʡʾõ¡Ë from volunteers in the country.?

´Ø·¸¼Ôs Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬d their own levels of the 'big five' traits ? ³«¤¤¤Æ¤¤¤ë¤³¤È¡¿´²Âç, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism, ƱÍÍ¤Ë as?life satisfaction.?

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Each person Ψd their own?personality traits, but for more Àµ³Î¤Ê results the ¸¦µæ°÷s got a second opinion from an?'informant' ? usually their partner.

'Self-ratings alone are not very ¿®Íê¤Ç¤­¤ë, but when two people agree on someone¡Çs traits, they must be ¤Î¾å¤Ë something,'?Dr Mottus said.???

The results put the heritability of personality traits and life satisfaction at around 40 per cent.?

Although this is?up from about the 25 per cent typical in self-Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ ½Ï¹Í¤¹¤ë¡¿¹Íθ¤¹¤ës, it is not high enough to ¼¨º¶¤¹¤ë we're more likely to ³ô personality traits with parents than we are with a ̵ºî°Ù¤Î stranger.?

The ÀìÌç²Ès ¤½¤Î¾å¤Î explain their findings with a hypothetical ¥·¥Ê¥ê¥ª.?

Suppose a group of parents and their adult offspring ´°Á´¤Ë¤¹¤ëd a personality ¼Â¸³¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë and were placed in either the Äì¡Ê¤ËÆϤ¯¡Ë, middle or ºÇ¹â¤Î¡¤¤ò±Û¤¹ third of the Á´½»Ì± based on their results.?

In this ¥·¥Ê¥ê¥ª, only 39 per cent of offspring would receive feedback like that of their parent for any given trait ? up from 33 per cent in the »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ô of ̵ºî°Ù¤Î strangers.?

In other words, more than 60 per cent of children are in a different group to their parents in any given personality trait.?

Dr Mottus ¶¯Ä´¤¹¤ë¡¿¥¹¥È¥ì¥¹s that the findings are 'not to say that personality traits are not heritable at all' ? but that this heritability is not ½ÅÍפÊ.?

What's more, they are most likely?Á곤¹¤ëd through °äÅÁ»Òs ('nature') rather than through ¤·¤Ä¤± ('Íܰ餹¤ë').?

'¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð the most Àµ³Î¤Ê ¸«Àѡʤë¡Ës, about two thirds of the ¿äÏÀ¤¹¤ë¡¿Íýͳs that people have different personality traits have something to do with their °äÅÁ»Òs,' he told MailOnline.?

'But this is not enough t o make parents and children much more Îà»÷¤Î than strangers.

¤¢¤ê¤Õ¤ì¤¿ phrases such as 'like father like son' or 'like mother like daughter' ¼¨º¶¤¹¤ë it's not just looks that are passed É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë between the À¤Âås (¤È¤¸¹þ¤ß¡¿Äó½Ð¤¹¤ë photo)

'Besides, there is no ¾Úµò that the experiences that come with ³ôing a family would make people more Îà»÷¤Î.?

'For example, there is no ¾Úµò that ¸ºß ²Ä·è¤¹¤ë¡¦ºÎÂò¤¹¤ëd into a family makes people's personality traits Îà»÷¤Î to their foster parents or other children in the family.'?

Where Àµ³Î¤Ë¡¿¤Þ¤µ¤Ë our personalities come from has long been a source of fascination for psychologists.?

The theory that they're passed É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë by our parents ? either through are °äÅÁ»Òs or?³°Éô¤Î factors?? is ¸ø¼°¤Ë known as 'familial ÅÁã¡¿ÅÁÀ÷'.?

Any similarities between a parent and child may be ÀÕǤ¤¬¤¢¤ë Áý¶¯¤¹¤ëing the notion that?familial ÅÁã¡¿ÅÁÀ÷ really does ¸ºß¤¹¤ë, along with proverbs such as 'like father like son' or 'like mother like daughter'.??

'Îà»÷¤Î proverbs also ¸ºß¤¹¤ë in many other languages, ¿äÄê¤Ç¤Ï because they are based on simple and abundant real-world ´Ñ»¡s,' the team say.??

'And yet, these proverbs may ¸ØÄ¥¤¹¤ë familial ÅÁã¡¿ÅÁÀ÷¡Çs magnitude, as ¸½ºß¤Î data ¼¨º¶¤¹¤ës that parents and children °Û¤Ê¤ë only ¤ï¤º¤«¤Ë ¤¤¤Ã¤½¤¦¾¯¤Ê¤¯ than strangers, on ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë.'?

The ½Ï¹Í¤¹¤ë¡¿¹Íθ¤¹¤ë has been ²òÊü¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd as a pre-print on the PsyArXiv server, meaning it's yet to be peer-reviewed.?