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Sibling Differentiation (sibling + differentiation)

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Sibling Differentiation: Sibling and Parent Relationship Trajectories in Adolescence

CHILD DEVELOPMENT, Issue 5 2003
Mark E. Feinberg
Studied here were the links between sibling differences in trajectories of change in the qualities of parent,child relationships and the qualities of sibling relationships across a 2-year period in adolescence. Participants were first- and second-born siblings (M age=14.94 years for firstborns and M age=12.46 years for secondborns) from 185 predominantly White, working and middle-class families. In home interviews, siblings reported on their dyadic family relationships. For reports of parent,child warmth but not parent,child conflict, results were consistent with sibling differentiation theory: Increasing differences between siblings over time in parent,child warmth were linked to trajectories of increasing warmth and decreasing conflict in the sibling relationship as reported by firstborns, and increasing warmth in the sibling relationship as reported by secondborns. The findings support the view that sibling differentiation may be a strategy for managing sibling conflict and rivalry. [source]

Sibling Differentiation in Adolescence: Implications for Behavioral Genetic Theory

CHILD DEVELOPMENT, Issue 6 2000
Mark E. Feinberg
The presence of sibling "differentiating rocesses", defined as processes in which increased sibling similarity in environmental or genetic factors leads to differences in sibling outcomes , poses a challenge for standard behavioral genetic theory and research. The presence of differentiation processes may affect estimates of genetic and environmental parameters in ways that have not been fully recognized. Utilizing data from the Nonshared Environment and Adolescent Development project, this study examined whether differentiating processes existed for seven composite indices of positive and negative adolescent adjustment. The 720 sibling pairs in the study were broken down into groups by age difference (0 , 4 years) between siblings. The hypothesis that siblings close in age would demonstrate lower correlations on adjustment measures was generally supported at two time points, three years apart. However, siblings one year apart at Time 1 were more similar to each other than were siblings two years apart, suggesting that shared environmental influences counteract sibling differentiation processes for these siblings. The overall trend supporting sibling differentiation was found to be unrelated to measures of sibling positivity and negativity. [source]

Parenting and child behaviour problems: a longitudinal analysis of non-shared environment

INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT, Issue 2 2009
Paula Y. Mullineaux
Abstract This study examined potential non-shared environmental processes in middle childhood by estimating statistical associations between monozygotic (MZ) twin differences in externalizing and internalizing problems and positive social engagement, and differential maternal positivity and negativity, over 1 year. Seventy-seven pairs of identical twins participated (M=6.08-years old, 65% male) in two annual home visits. Observers' ratings and maternal reports were gathered. At both assessments, the twin who showed more conduct problems (maternal report and observers' ratings) and less positive social engagement (positive affect, responsiveness) received more maternal negativity and less maternal warmth (self-reports and observers' ratings), relative to his or her genetically identical co-twin. The same patterns held over time, for the associations between change in differential MZ twin conduct problems and social engagement and change in differential maternal behaviour. Effects for child internalizing problems were not consistent within or across raters. Overall, these results indicated that differential maternal warmth and negativity,self-perceived and observed by others,are important aspects of sibling differentiation for both problematic and adaptive behaviours during middle childhood. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Sibling Differentiation: Sibling and Parent Relationship Trajectories in Adolescence

CHILD DEVELOPMENT, Issue 5 2003
Mark E. Feinberg
Studied here were the links between sibling differences in trajectories of change in the qualities of parent,child relationships and the qualities of sibling relationships across a 2-year period in adolescence. Participants were first- and second-born siblings (M age=14.94 years for firstborns and M age=12.46 years for secondborns) from 185 predominantly White, working and middle-class families. In home interviews, siblings reported on their dyadic family relationships. For reports of parent,child warmth but not parent,child conflict, results were consistent with sibling differentiation theory: Increasing differences between siblings over time in parent,child warmth were linked to trajectories of increasing warmth and decreasing conflict in the sibling relationship as reported by firstborns, and increasing warmth in the sibling relationship as reported by secondborns. The findings support the view that sibling differentiation may be a strategy for managing sibling conflict and rivalry. [source]

Sibling Differentiation in Adolescence: Implications for Behavioral Genetic Theory

CHILD DEVELOPMENT, Issue 6 2000
Mark E. Feinberg
The presence of sibling "differentiating rocesses", defined as processes in which increased sibling similarity in environmental or genetic factors leads to differences in sibling outcomes , poses a challenge for standard behavioral genetic theory and research. The presence of differentiation processes may affect estimates of genetic and environmental parameters in ways that have not been fully recognized. Utilizing data from the Nonshared Environment and Adolescent Development project, this study examined whether differentiating processes existed for seven composite indices of positive and negative adolescent adjustment. The 720 sibling pairs in the study were broken down into groups by age difference (0 , 4 years) between siblings. The hypothesis that siblings close in age would demonstrate lower correlations on adjustment measures was generally supported at two time points, three years apart. However, siblings one year apart at Time 1 were more similar to each other than were siblings two years apart, suggesting that shared environmental influences counteract sibling differentiation processes for these siblings. The overall trend supporting sibling differentiation was found to be unrelated to measures of sibling positivity and negativity. [source]