Genetic and environmental influences on sex-typed behavior during the preschool years

Child Development

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 826-840

  Iervolino, Alessandra C ^a   Hines, Melissa ^b   Golombok, Susan E ^b   Rust, John ^b   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERSONALITY TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SIBLING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TWINS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; STEREOTYPING; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 23844495919     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00880.x     Document Type: Review

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