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Not All Twins Are Alike: Psychological Profiles of Twinship
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Even twins are unique. Most people idealize twins, fantasizing a close, perpetually loving relationship. Yet Klein, herself an identical twin, demonstrates that twins have complicated and intense relationships that range from over-identification or excessive closeness to profound estrangement and conflict. Most twins who are raised as individuals deal with the significant emotional pain of separation in adolescence or young adulthood, yet as mature adults can come to love and respect each other as individuals. As Klein makes clear, the parenting that twins receive as infants and young children affects the relationships that they have with one another and with the world they choose to function in. Because parenting is a critical determinant of psychological well-being, it should be treated as a serious but manageable challenge. This book is a must-read for twins, their parents, and scholars, students, and other researchers and professionals dealing with mental health and child development.
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Through counselors' efforts to increase twin clients' self-awareness of their unique twin relationship, therapists can facilitate improvements in identity development.
“Through counselors' efforts to increase twin clients' self-awareness of their unique twin relationship, therapists can facilitate improvements in identity development (Klein, 2003(Klein, , 2012;;Noble et al., 2017).”
From Seeing Double: A Case Study Examining Systemic Supervision and Therapy Conceptualization of Identical Twins (2026) · cites this paper as Klein, 2003
Scholars have emphasized the importance of counselors recognizing the distinctive issues faced by twins.
“Scholars have emphasized the importance of counselors recognizing the distinctive issues faced by twins (Klein, 2003(Klein, , 2012;;Noble et al., 2017).”
From Seeing Double: A Case Study Examining Systemic Supervision and Therapy Conceptualization of Identical Twins (2026) · cites this paper as Klein, 2003
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Lowery, D. F., & Outler, C. (2026) · The Family Journal · doi:10.1177/10664807251384191
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- Authors
- Klein, B.
- Corresponding author
- Klein, Barbara
- ORCID
- Klein, Barbara
- Venue
- Greenwood Publishing Group Inc. eBooks
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
- Published
- 2003
- OpenAlex
- W4391208057
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2012: 3
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- 0.00
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- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Greenwood Publishing Group Inc. eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- twins, twin relationships, monozygotic twins, estrangement, parenting, child development, psychological well-being, mental health, adolescence, early adulthood
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