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Forms of Family Reorganization Following the Birth of Twins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

M. Robin ,
D. Josse  and
C. Tourrette
M. Robin*
Affiliation:
Inserm Unit 187, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Antoine Bèclére, Clamart, France
D. Josse
Affiliation:
Inserm Unit 187, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Antoine Bèclére, Clamart, France
C. Tourrette
Affiliation:
Psychology Laboratory, University of Poitiers, France
*
Unité INSERM 187, Hôpital Tarnier, 89 Rue d'Assas, 75006 Paris, France

Abstract

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A survey questionnaire of 200 families with 2-month-old twins assesses the economic, social and psychological impact of the arrival of twins on family life. The study shows the extent of material difficulties mothers of twins are confronted with, and the ways they cope with them — recourse to mother's helpers, assistance from the father and other members of the family (analyzed in terms of parity and socioeconomic/cultural status), twincare organization strategies, and impact on the decision to stop working. The findings provide an overall picture of the real situation, a necessary prerequisite to an understanding of psychological problems.

Keywords

Child careMothers of twinsFamily problems
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 53 - 61
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1991

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