Social closeness of MZ and DZ twin parents towards nieces and nephews

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 487-506

  Segal, Nancy L ^a   Seghers, James P ^b   Marelich, William D ^a   Mechanic, Mindy B ^a   Castillo, Ricardo R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dizygotic twins; Monozygotic twins; Perceived similarity; Social closeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250738442     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.620     Document Type: Article

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