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Family Systems and Sibling Relationships
Author(s) -
Cox Martha J.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
child development perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1750-8606
pISSN - 1750-8592
DOI - 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00124.x
Subject(s) - sibling , psychology , developmental psychology , life span , affect (linguistics) , sibling relationship , cognitive psychology , social psychology , communication , evolutionary biology , biology
— Family systems theory suggests the importance of the role of sibling relationships in the regulation of behavior and affect, not only as children develop but, in fact, throughout the life span. However, little research has been done on the potentially unique contributions that sibling relationships make to development. The 3 articles in this Special Section detail the existing literature on this topic and indicate important directions for further investigation.