Differential maternal treatment of infant twins: Effects on infant behaviors

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 535-542

  Dilalla, Lisabeth F ^a   Bishop, E G ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

differential treatment; infants; Mother child interactions; temperament; twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; HUMAN; INFANT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; TWINS; VOCALIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERAMENT; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0030448628     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02361226     Document Type: Article

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