About the TAPS Project
The Twins, Adoptees, Peers, and Sibling (TAPS) is research project funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (MH-63350). It is a collaborative project between the University of San Francisco and California State University, Fullerton. The purpose of the study is to investigate sibling socialization processes in middle childhood. The study employs a novel design that includes monozygotic twins, dizygoic twins, full siblings, friends, and a new group called virtual twins (or same-aged, genetically-unrelated siblings). The TAPS design also allows us to investigate genetic and environment contributions to individual differences in behavior during this developmental period.
The TAPS team is indebted to the families that participated in the study. We would also like to thank the staff and students who assisted with previous phases of this project and USF and CSUF for their generous support of our research efforts.
The TAPS team is indebted to the families that participated in the study. We would also like to thank the staff and students who assisted with previous phases of this project and USF and CSUF for their generous support of our research efforts.