Sex-Typed Play in Opposite-Sex Twins

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-123

  Henderson, Brenda A ^a,c   Berenbaum, Sheri A ^a,b  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

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

^c Lincoln Park Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Human beings; Opposite sex twins; Play; Sex differences; Sex hormones; Siblings; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

RAPHIA FRATER;

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTYPING; TESTOSTERONE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031225428     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199709)31:2<115::AID-DEV4>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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