Being opposite: Is there advantage for social competence and friendships in being an opposite-sex twin?

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 131-140

  Laffey Ardley, Sioban ^a   Thorpe, Karen ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; TWINS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 33644889053     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706776403091     Document Type: Article

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