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Peer reviewedHerman, Rosemary – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Reviews current research on a woman's chances of bearing twins and the genetic relationship, prenatal competition, and personality similarities between twins. In addition, the nature/nurture controversy is discussed in terms of evidence from studies of identical twins reared apart. Future studies are suggested to discover the ways twinning might…
Descriptors: Birth, Evolution, Genetics, Heredity
Nethercut, Gail; Adler, Nancy – 1983
The role of anxiety, stress, and social support in predicting negative obstetrical outcomes was examined in a high-risk group of pregnant women. The predictor variables were assessed with separate self-report scales, including The Sarason Life Experience Survey, the Spielberger State/Trait Inventory, and a modified version of the Lazarus and Cohen…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Birth, High Risk Persons, Mothers
