Children's reactions to the unfamiliar in middle childhood and adolescence: An observational twin/sibling study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 339-354

  McGuire, Shirley ^a   Clifford, Jeanie ^b   Fink, Janet ^b   Basho, Surina ^b   McDonnell, Anita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Behavioral genetics; Exploratory behavior; Middle childhood; Observational data; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141918747     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00194-0     Document Type: Article

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