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Forecasting Sibling Relationships in Early Adolescence from Child Temperaments and Family Processes in Middle Childhood
Author(s) -
Brody Gene H.,
Stoneman Zolinda,
McCoy J. Kelly
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1994.tb00782.x
Subject(s) - sibling , psychology , developmental psychology , temperament , sibling relationship , personality , social psychology
We developed a model to account for variation in the quality of sibling relationships across a 4‐year span from middle childhood to early adolescence. We tested this model on a sample of 71 families, in which older siblings' ages ranged from 6 to 11 years, and those of younger siblings ranged from 4 to 9 years. We also assessed continuity and discontinuity over time in sibling relationship quality. The descriptive analyses revealed an increase of negative sibling relationship qualities and a decrease in positive qualities. The hypothesized paths involving children's temperaments, interparental conflict, positivity in parent‐child relationships, and differential negativity in parent‐sibling relationships were supported, accounting for 27% to 34% of the variation in sibling relationship quality.