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Eales, Lauren; Ferguson, Gail M.; Gillespie, Sarah; Smoyer, Shelby; Carlson, Stephanie M. – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Many changes were thrust upon families by the COVID-19 pandemic, including mandated quarantines, social distancing, transitions to distance learning for children, and remote work. The current study used mixed methods to examine the challenges and resilience of families in the United States during the pandemic (May-July 2020), as well as predictors…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Psychological Patterns, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Fosco, Gregory M.; Stormshak, Elizabeth A.; Dishion, Thomas J.; Winter, Charlotte E. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
The middle school years are a period of increased risk for youths' engagement in antisocial behaviors, substance use, and affiliation with deviant peers (Dishion & Patterson, 2006). This study examined the specific role of parental monitoring and of family relationships (mother, father, and sibling) that are all critical to the deterrence of…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Siblings, Family Relationship, Grade 6
Feld, Scott L. – 1988
This paper considers the case of violence between siblings in the family, and describes findings based on a U.S. national sample that show the relatively frequent use of violence by weaker siblings against more powerful siblings. Analysis and theoretical discussion shows that even though strong actors have greater means for using violence, and…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Power Structure, Predictor Variables, Sibling Relationship
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Williams, Shannon Tierney; Conger, Katherine Jewsbury; Blozis, Shelley A. – Child Development, 2007
Latent growth curve modeling employed data from a longitudinal study of 451 sibling families to examine parents, siblings, and family economics as factors in individual differences in the developmental course of interpersonal aggression during adolescence. Findings suggest that individual change in interpersonal aggression during adolescence can…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Siblings, Aggression, Interpersonal Relationship
Bayen, Ute J.; And Others – 1991
Many studies of family relationships in later adulthood fail to take into account earlier experiences. This study investigated predictors of family contact and closeness. Data were provided by 500 adult children (aged 22 to 72) and 190 adult siblings (aged 45 to 96) of elderly participants in the Seattle Longitudinal Study. Subjects rated the…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Family Relationship, Intimacy, Older Adults
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Slomkowski, Cheryl L.; Dunn, Judy – Developmental Psychology, 1992
A study of 33-month-old children, their mothers, and their older siblings concentrated on arguments used when 2 family members were in conflict with a third. There were some direct relationships between partners' arguments. Arguments children used with their mothers differed from those they used with their siblings. (BG)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Conflict, Family Problems