A twin study of attachment in preschool children

Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1501-1511

  O'Connor, Thomas G ^a   Croft, Carla M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TEMPERAMENT; TWINS;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; TEMPERAMENT; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0035461171     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00362     Document Type: Article

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