In search of shared and nonshared environmental factors in security of attachment: A behavior-genetic study of the association between sensitivity and attachment security

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1026-1040

  Fearon, R M Pasco ^a   Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^b   Fonagy, Peter ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^b   Schuengel, Carlo ^c   Bokhorst, Caroline L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment; Genetics; Infants; Maternal sensitivity; Nonshared environment; Security; Shared environment; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 33750712426     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.6.1026     Document Type: Article

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