%0 Journal Article
%T Childhood sex-role behaviors: similarities and differences in twins
%J Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae
%D 1984
%A Elizabeth, P. H.
%A Green, R.
%V 33
%N 2
%P 173-179
%X Parents of 702 twin pairs, ages 4 through 12, completed a sex-role behavioral preference questionnaire for each cotwin. Data were analyzed to determine the effects of gender, zygosity, and age on behavioral similarities and differences between cotwins. Among same-sex cotwins, male MZ pairs were reported to behave the most similarly. Girl-boy pairs were the most dissimilar. Sex and zygosity contributed significantly to cotwin behavioral differences, with female pairs varying more on sex-typed behaviors than male pairs and DZ pairs varying more than MZ pairs. Age of twins was not a major source of differences within twin pairs.<p /><p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Mendel Institute
%@ 0001-5660
%U http://dx.doi.org/