Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ417129
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Neonatal Temperament in Monozygotic and Dizygotic Twin Pairs.
Reise, Marilyn L.
Child Development, v61 n4 p1230-37 Aug 1990
Findings indicated that zygosity was not related to behavioral scores during the neonatal period, and that environment substantially influenced neonatal temperament. Specific perinatal indicators of risk were found to account for some of the intrapair differences in behavioral variables. (RH)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Comparative Analysis, Environment, Heredity, Neonates, Perinatal Influences, Personality, Twins
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Dizygotic Twins; Monozygotic Twins


