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Not All Twins Are Alike Psychological Profiles of Twinship
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Barbara Schave Klein
Foreword by Marjorie Ford
Book Code: C7584
ISBN: 0-275-97584-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97584-5
160 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 2/28/2003
List Price: $57.95 (UK Sterling Price: £31.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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  • Endorsement From Muriel Kessler, L.C.S.W., Bc.D.: "The twin patterns and the conclusions that [Klein] delineates and then supports through case histories are informative, fascinating, illuminating. . . . [This book] will help you to understand what's underneath the . . . surface similarities and differences in the twin patterns whom she studied to reveal the deeper emotional and intellectual issues that twins have to confront and make peace with."
Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Separation: A Crucial Formative Experience
  • The Identity Dilemma
  • Too Close for Comfort? Issues of Adult Twins
  • The Twinning Bond
  • Twins and Psychotherapy
  • Genetic Endowment and the Environment
  • The Legacy of Twinship
  • Parenting Twins
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix I: Demographic Breakdown
  • Appendix II: Pairs of Twins
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2002029758
LCC Class: BF723
Dewey Class: 155
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