Human parental behavior: evidence for genetic influence and potential implication for gene-culture transmission.

doi:10.1007/BF01067533

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Human parental behavior: evidence for genetic influence and potential implication for gene-culture transmission.

Behavior genetics - 1 Jul 1994

Pérusse D, Neale M C, Heath A C, Eaves L J

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A large sample of adult twins (1117 pairs), who were concordant for having had children were asked to report on their child-rearing practices. A 14-item version of the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) was used to assess rearing practices of parent twins. The two factors of Care and Overprotectio...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Cultural Characteristics
Female
Genotype
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Genetic
Object Attachment
Parenting
Personality Inventory
Socialization
Twins
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic

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