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ERIC Number: EJ367882
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Social Development in Infant Twins: Peer and Mother-Child Relationships.
Vandell, Deborah Lowe; And Others
Child Development, v59 n1 p168-77 Feb 1988
Discusses observations of sets of infant twins, aged 6 to 24 months, as they interacted with one another and with an unfamiliar peer. Assesses quality of infant-mother attachment. Finds twins are more likely to react with one another than with a peer. Results are discussed in relation to early peer relationships and attachment. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Infant Behavior, Infants, Interpersonal Relationship, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Social Behavior, Social Development, Stranger Reactions, Twins
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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