Twins and social adjustment?

[darkstar]

First, I know I'm kind of painting with a broad brush here. I know no group is monolithic. Second I could google on this topic for serious studies--and I probably will--but this is an outgrowth of last night's BBQ discussion at Darkstar Manor, 6 folks involved.

The upshot of things was that in our limited sample and experience, our group seemed to agree that the twins we had known across our lives--and invividuals we knew to have twin siblings even if we knew but one--were on the whole better adjusted than the average population in terms of social insecurities; a lack of backbiting, passive-agressive behavior, or gossiping; less likely to make fun of others, bully, etc. Make for better co-workers, two noticed. Straightforward. Fewer hidden agendas. That sort of thing.

Anyhow, you get the gist. And again sorry about the generalizations, b/c even positive generalizations can be annoying, esp. if you are a member of the group being generalized about. Apologies in advance. But given the unaminity of our groups little realization, keenly wondering about individual experiences, social science studies that back this up--or shoot it to hell. If so, however, speculations as to why would be interesting as well.

[Nikia]

1. It would make sense

They have siblings exactly the same age. They are usually spending a lot of time with a peer growing up. There are other ways to socialize young children I suppose, but with twins, the socialization of the child to one other person is constant.
I don't know what that says about only children in closed nuclear families. I don't mean to offend only children whose parents didn't take them around same aged cousins or neighbors, I was just wondering whether that could make the opposite true.

[darkstar]

2. Thanks for responding, Nikia.

Your reasoning was akin to ours last nite re: why this might be the case, if true: understanding how to negotiate peer to peer equity at an early age.