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Part II - Parent–Child Relations and Attachment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2025

Satoshi Kanazawa
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Genes, Environments, and Differential Susceptibility
Current Topics in Evolutionary Developmental Psychology
, pp. 81 - 152
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Print publication year: 2025

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