Table 3 Model fitting results for tests of the full ACE/ADE and the nested models. Best-fitting AE models are highlighted in boldface type.

From: The role of Big Five personality domains and facets in musical sensibility: a twin study

Model

EP

Δ − 2LL

Δ df

Δ AIC

p

Block I: Personality domains

 ACE

34

    

 ADE

34

− 2.20

0

− 2.20

 

 AE

23

1.01

11

− 20.99

1.000

 E

12

639.97

22

595.97

 < 0.001

Block II: Personality facets

 ACE

21

    

 ADE

21

− 1.38

0

− 1.38

 

 AE

14

1.02

7

− 12.98

0.995

 E

7

428.90

14

400.89

 < 0.001

  1. AE model with genetic (A) and non-shared environmental influences (E).
  2. AIC Akaike Information Criterion; df degrees of freedom; EP estimated parameters; p probability; − 2LL negative two times the log-likelihood.