@article {3093037,
	title = {Are there positive effects of having a sibling with special needs? Empathy and prosociality of twins of children with non-typical development},
	journal = {Child Development},
	volume = {n/a},
	number = {n/a},
	year = {Submitted},
	abstract = {Abstract This study examined whether typically developing (TD) twins of non-TD children demonstrate enhanced empathy and prosociality. Of 778 Hebrew-speaking Israeli families who participated in a twin study, 63 were identified to have a non-TD child with a TD twin, and 404 as having both twins TD. TD twins of non-TD children (27\% males) were compared to the rest of the cohort of TD children (46\% males) on measures of empathy and prosociality. Participants were 11~years old. TD twins of non-TD children scored significantly higher than TD twins of TD children in a measure of cognitive empathy (d~=~.43). No differences were found in emotional empathy and prosociality. The specificity of the positive effect on cognitive empathy is discussed.},
	isbn = {0009-3920},
	author = {Rum, Yonat and Genzer, Shir and Markovitch, Noam and Jenkins, Jennifer and Perry, Anat and Ariel Knafo-Noam}
}
