Social Comparison Orientation in Monozygotic and Dizygotic Twins
Twin research has offered evidence that monozygotic (MZ) twins are more socially close than dizygotic (DZ) twins, but has not paid much attention to the way twins compare themselves with their co-twin. The few studies in this area suggest that 'horizontal comparisons' (social comparison motivated by solidarity or communion with others) matter more for MZ twins than for DZ twins, at least when the co-twin is the social comparison standard. Consistent with this view, we predicted higher interest in MZ twins relative to DZ twins to select their co-twin rather than other people in general as the s... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Huguet , P , Carlier , M , Dolan , C V , de Geus , E J & Boomsma , D I 2017 , ' Social Comparison Orientation in Monozygotic and Dizygotic Twins ' , Twin Research and Human Genetics , vol. 20 , no. 6 , pp. 550-557 . https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2017.61 |
Schlagwörter: | Journal Article / /dk/atira/pure/keywords/cohort_studies/netherlands_twin_register_ntr_ / name=Netherlands Twin Register (NTR) / /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/reduced_inequalities / name=SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/e5a2a9a4-5666-4f6f-a59f-2d0e9c6fad21 |