Preliminary results from a twin study of infant-caregiver attachment

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Finkel, Deborah ^a   Wille, Diane E ^a   Matheny Jr , Adam P ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant caregiver attachment; Twin study; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; TWINS;

CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TWINS;

EID: 0031942462     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021448429653     Document Type: Article

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