A pilot study of attachment patterns in adult twins

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-138

  Torgersen, Anne Mari ^a   Grova, Bjørg K ^b   Sommerstad, Renate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Askovgaarden   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adult Attachment Interview; Behavior genetics; Dizygotic; Monozygotic; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANCY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; TWINS;

EID: 34249340440     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730701349705     Document Type: Article

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