When preparing a publication based on TwinLife data, we kindly request you to mention our study in your publication. Please acknowledge our work by citing both (a) one of the reference papers (➔ Hahn et al., 2016, ➔ Mönkediek et al., 2019, or ➔ Rohm et al., 2023) and (b) the ➔ dataset itself (Diewald et al., 2023). Please keep in mind that the citation of the dataset may change as the study progresses and newer versions become available. To check the latest citation version, see the ➔ study’s entry in the GESIS data catalogue. Older versions of the data and the related DOI’s can be found there.

Correct citation of the TwinLife reference papers (APA):

Hahn, E., Gottschling, J., Bleidorn, W., Kandler, C., Spengler, M., Kornadt, A. E., Schulz, W., Schunck, R., Baier ,T., Krell, K., Lang, V., Lenau, F., Peters, A.-L., Diewald, M., Riemann, R., & Spinath, F. M. (2016). What drives the development of social inequality over the life course? The German TwinLife Study. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 19(6), 659–672. https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2016.76

Mönkediek, B., Lang, V., Weigel, L., Baum, M. A., Eifler, E. F., Hahn, E., Hufer, A., Klatzka, C.H., Kottwitz, A., Krell, K., Nikstat, A., Diewald, M., Riemann, R., & Spinath, F.M. (2019). The German Twin Family Panel (TwinLife). Twin Research and Human Genetics, 22(6), 540-547. https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2019.63

Rohm, T., Andreas, A., Deppe, M., Eichhorn, H., Instinske, J., Klatzka, C. H., Kottwitz, A., Krell, K., Mönkediek, B., Paulus, L., Piesch, S., Ruks, M., Starr, A., Weigel, L., Diewald, M., Kandler, C., Riemann, R., & Spinath, F. M. (2023). Data from the German TwinLife Study: Genetic and Social Origins of Educational Predictors, Processes, and Outcomes. Journal of Open Psychology Data, 11(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.78

Correct citation of the dataset, version 7.1.0 (APA)

Diewald, M., Kandler, C., Riemann, R., Spinath, F. M., Andreas, A., Baier, T., Bartling, A., Baum, M. A., Deppe, M., Eichhorn, H., Eifler, E. F., Gottschling, J., Hahn, E., Hildebrandt, J., Hufer-Thamm, A., Instinske, J., Kaempfert, M., Klatzka, C. H., … & Weigel, L. (2023). TwinLife. GESIS Data Archive, ZA6701. Data file Version 7.1.0. https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14186