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Self-Awareness in Monozygotic Twins: A Relational Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

S. Nicole  and
C. Del Miglio
S. Nicole
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza“, and ECONA
C. Del Miglio*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza“, and ECONA
*
Dept. Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Via dei Marsi, 78, 00185 Rome, Italy

Abstract

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This study considers the replies to a 14-item questionnaire, by 27 monozytogic (MZ) and 38 dizygotic (DZ) pairs. Another sample consisting of 48 sets of parents of twins (24 of whom were MZ and 24 DZ, not necessarily corresponding to the couples of twins actually studied) was used, to answer a questionnaire directly related the one put to the twin pairs. The results of statistical tests performed (canonical correlation and Fisher's discriminant) indicate that only in MZ twins does self-awareness outweigh pair-awareness. This does not seem to be related to any difference between MZ and DZ twins in the education/upbringing received from their parents.

Keywords

Canonical correlationIdentitySelf
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , April 1995 , pp. 107 - 115
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1995

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