Jealousy and Attachment: The Case of Twins

Handbook of Jealousy: Theory, Research, and Multidisciplinary Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 362-386

  Fearon, R M Pasco ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^b   van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment in behavioral genetic perspective, impact on kinds of influences; Evolutionary models of attachment security and insecurity; Findings from sibling studies, discordant attachment relationships associated with attachment behavior; Jealousy and attachment, case of twins; New approach, understanding security and sensitivity rather than data

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958250233     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444323542.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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