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Sibling Differences in Problem Behavior and Parental Treatment in Nondivorced and Remarried Families.
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Mekos, Debra; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Examined within-family differences in parenting and problem behavior in 95 nondivorced and 421 remarried families. Within-family differences in parenting and problem behavior were greatest in remarried families where siblings did not share the same biological parent. Differential treatment was also more strongly related to problem behavior in this…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Child Rearing, Divorce
Associations among Family Relationships, Antisocial Peers, and Adolescents' Externalizing Behaviors: Gender and Family Type Differences.
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Kim, Jungmeen E.; Hetherington, E. Mavis; Reiss, David – Child Development, 1999
Investigated relations among parenting, sibling relationship, peer group, and adolescents' externalizing behaviors. Found that contributions of parental negativity, parental monitoring, and sibling negativity to adolescents' externalizing behaviors operated directly and also indirectly through deviant peer associations. Relationships varied as a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis
Behavior Problems among Children from Different Family Structures: The Influence of Genetic Self-Selection.
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Cleveland, H. Harrington; Wiebe, Richard P.; van den Oord, Edwin J. C. G.; Rowe, David C. – Child Development, 2000
Examined influences on children's behavior problems in households defined by marital status and sibling relatedness. Found that genetic influences accounted for 81 to 94 percent of mean-level difference in behavior problems between two-parent/full sibling, and the mother-only/half sibling groups. Shared environmental influences accounted for 67 to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Comparative Analysis, Environmental Influences
Effects of Residential Instability on Head Start Children and Their Relationships with Older Siblings: Influences of Child Emotionality and Conflict between Family Members.
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Stoneman, Zolinda; Brody, Gene H.; Churchill, Susan L.; Winn, Laura L. – Child Development, 1999
Examined influence of residential dislocations on child behavior problems, depression, peer competence, cognitive competence, and quality of sibling relationships among Head Start children and their older siblings. Found that child emotionality moderated the effects of residential mobility. Caregiver conflict was a less powerful moderator.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Cognitive Development, Conflict, Depression (Psychology)
Sibling Comparison of Differential Parental Treatment in Adolescence: Gender, Self-Esteem, and Emotionality as Mediators of the Parenting-Adjustment Association.
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Feinberg, Mark E.; Neiderhiser, Jenae M.; Simmens, Sam; Reiss, David; Hetherington, E. Mavis – Child Development, 2000
Compared adolescent siblings' evaluations of parental treatment. Found support for a moderating effect for self-esteem and emotionality but not gender. Evidence of the "sibling barricade" effect was limited and interpreted as reflecting a sibling comparison process. For older siblings, emotionality and self-esteem moderated the sibling…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affection, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems