Sunday, 18 February 2007

behaviour - In the context of twin studies, what do 'unique environmental factors' and 'shared environmental factors' refer to?

I was reading this study on sexual behavior and they refer to both terms without clarification. Does 'unique environmental factors' refer only to the prenatal environment or does it include individual experiences with, say, illness as well? Would friends be considered a 'shared environment factor' or an 'individual environment factor?'

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