Compromised or competent: Analyzing twin children's social worlds

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-94

  Thorpe, Karen ^a   Danby, Susan ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDITORIAL; FRIENDSHIP; LEARNING; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

EID: 33644893612     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706776402957     Document Type: Editorial

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