[HTML][HTML] Assortative parenting and assortative cross-parenting: New views of parental preference for selected children

NL Segal - Early Human Development, 2024 - Elsevier
Two novel parenting terms are introduced into the literature on parent-child relationships.
The first term, assortative parenting, references a familiar, but poorly defined concept …

[HTML][HTML] Twin study of genetic relatedness and bereavement related measures: Updated analyses and the mediating role of grief

NL Segal, SA Miller, FJ Niculae - Personality and Individual Differences, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract A Twin Loss Survey was completed by MZ and same-sex DZ twins following loss of
a cotwin and nontwin relatives. Twin survivors (N= 612; MZ= 506; DZ, n= 106) included twins …

Commentary: Assortative parenting and assortative cross-parenting: New views of parental preference for selected children

H Segal - Early Human Development, 2024 - Elsevier
The commentary delves into the implications of “assortative parenting” and “assortative
cross-parenting,” as introduced by NL Segal, and situates these concepts within the …

Evolutionary perspective on decreases in grief intensity for deceased twin and non-twin relatives: An update

BW Reed, NL Segal, SA Miller - Personality and Individual Differences, 2021 - Elsevier
In a study of 175 participants, Segal and Ream (1998) found that monozygotic (MZ) twins
reported less decline in grief intensity following the loss of a co-twin, and that twins reported …

Brazilian twin studies: A sco** review

E de Souza Fernandes, IF Ferreira… - Twin Research and …, 2021 - cambridge.org
The current study was motivated by an interest in deepening understanding of Brazilian twin
research, which is underrepresented internationally, in an effort to rectify this situation. Our …

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NL Segal - Twin Research and Human Genetics, 2021 - cambridge.org
Craniosynostosis involves the early closure of one or more joints connecting the bones of an
infant's skull. A case of young monozygotic (MZ) male twins with an unidentified variant of …