The Effects of Opposite-Sex Twinship on the Adult twin
| Autor: | Oliver Shirley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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education 05 social sciences Identity (social science) 0506 political science Developmental psychology Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Honour Mature adult 050903 gender studies Close relationship 050602 political science & public administration Narrative 0509 other social sciences Psychology Identity formation Individuation media_common |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Psychotherapy. 32:109-124 |
| ISSN: | 0265-9883 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/bjp.12197 |
| Popis: | In this small-scale indicative study I explored the issue of individuation in relation to the life stories of a group of adult opposite-sex twins, using a psycho-social approach and a narrative interview methodology (Hollway & Jefferson, 2013). I found that none of the six interviewees reported having had a close relationship with their mother in infancy and childhood but five said they had had a close relationship with their co-twin, which endured in later life. Cleaving to the co-twin seemed to complicate and disrupt identity formation and the development of mature adult relationships. I concluded that the respondents in the study had experienced a similar psycho-social challenge to that of same-sex twins – how to honour their twinship while at the same time attempting to forge a unique identity – but that they seemed to have faced an additional challenge when it came to developing adult relationships with members of the opposite sex. |
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