Another look at birth order and familial sentiment: Are middleborns really different?

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 197-211

  Hardman, David ^a   Villiers, Caroline ^a   Roby, Sandra ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth order; Kinship; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749100908     PISSN: 17892082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JEP.2007.1007     Document Type: Article

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