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Gamble, Wendy C.; Card, Noel A.; Yu, Jeong Jin – Social Development, 2010
Self-representations play an important role in adolescent development. This study compared self-representations for siblings and explored whether sibling relationship characteristics are associated with similarities or differences in sibling self-concepts. We examined self-representations of 438 adolescent sibling dyads (M age younger sibling =…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Siblings, Early Adolescents, Sibling Relationship
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Recchia, Holly E.; Howe, Nina – Social Development, 2010
This study examined associations between children's descriptions of sibling conflicts and their resolutions during a structured negotiation task. A sample of 58 sibling dyads (older sibling M age = 8.39 years, younger sibling M = 6.06 years) were privately interviewed about an actual conflict. Each child provided a narrative that was coded for…
Descriptors: Siblings, Age, Conflict, Birth Order
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Lamarche, Veronique; Brendgen, Mara; Boivin, Michel; Vitaro, Frank; Perusse, Daniel; Dionne, Ginette – Social Development, 2006
Based on the notion that friendship may serve an important protective function against peer victimization, this study examined the moderating effect of reciprocal friends' prosociality on the link between a child's reactive aggression and victimization. The study also investigated whether a similar moderating effect could be found with respect to…
Descriptors: Twins, Prosocial Behavior, Aggression, Friendship