Deanne and Rachel Elliott are part of a study of thousands of sets of twins aimed at finding what boosts resilience during the pandemic.
As Melbourne hunkers down for its first weekend of the new lockdown, the sisters' statement – that closeness helped them through – has implications for us all.
“Close social relationships – whether family, friends or housemates – are having a big impact on people’s positive or negative experiences,” says Professor John Hopper, director of Twins Research Australia, which is based at Melbourne University and is conducting ongoing research on more than 3500 twins and triplets for the Twins Research Australia COVID-19 Knowledge, Experience, Reaction and Resilience study.
The study of twins is used to gauge how people generally are faring as it offers a built-in "control" and eliminates many variables present in studies of the wider population.Professor Hopper said the first results of the TRACKERR research showed knowing there are people you can trust close at hand gave people confidence and optimism in a time of increased anxiety and produced higher "resilience scores" and lower negative impact on mental health.
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