Identical Twins’ Perspective on the Formation of Their Identity

This study aims to examine how identical twins feel about their own identity, and how they feel as an individual and in relation to their twin. With this study, the twin perspective of how twins have a separate identity and a twin identity was revealed, with the focus on the aspect of identity as it is something twins struggle with. A mixed methods study was employed to investigate this topic, analyzed with thematic analysis and a matched-pairs t-test analysis. With 12 participants from the survey and 3 interviewees, it was revealed that twins do have two identities, as previous research confirms, highlighting the pros and cons of the twin relationship in general.