TY - JOUR
T1 - Fostering Twins’ Identity Development
T2 - A Family Issue
AU - Noble, Nicole
AU - Bradley, Loretta
AU - Parr, Gerald
AU - Duemer, Lee
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - counseling twins
KW - families
KW - twin development
KW - twins’ developmental issues twins’ needs
KW - twins’ identity development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85040318854&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1066480717731239
DO - 10.1177/1066480717731239
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85040318854
VL - 25
SP - 345
EP - 350
JO - The Family Journal
JF - The Family Journal
SN - 1066-4807
IS - 4
ER -