Fostering Twins’ Identity Development: A Family Issue

Nicole Noble; Loretta Bradley; Gerald Parr; Lee Duemer

doi:10.1177/1066480717731239

Fostering Twins’ Identity Development: A Family Issue

Nicole Noble, Loretta Bradley, Gerald Parr, Lee Duemer

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Abstract

Families who have twins encounter unique needs and circumstances. Insight into issues twins encounter can improve parental and counseling treatment of twins as well as foster a healthy identity formation. These special issues that twins encounter will be addressed through the following: parenting influences, twin comparisons, sharing, competition, differentiation, bonding, empathy development, separation anxiety, identity development, and various recognized patterns of twinship. Through an understanding of twins’ specific needs and challenges, counselors can be influential in fostering a healthier family system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	345-350
Number of pages	6
Journal	Family Journal
Volume	25
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480717731239
State	Published - Oct 1 2017

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Keywords

counseling twins
families
twin development
twins’ developmental issues twins’ needs
twins’ identity development

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Noble, N., Bradley, L., Parr, G., & Duemer, L. (2017). Fostering Twins’ Identity Development: A Family Issue. Family Journal, 25(4), 345-350. https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480717731239

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