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Tatiana Yasmeen Hill; Natalia Palacios – Grantee Submission, 2020
We used structural equation modeling in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten Cohort (N = 17,020) to explore the influence of having an older sibling on kindergarten-age focal children's cognitive self-regulation. In model 1, we tested how having a sibling who is generally older than the focal child contributes to the focal child's…
Descriptors: Sibling Relationship, Short Term Memory, Kindergarten, Metacognition
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Samek, Diana R.; Rueter, Martha A. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2011
Previous research has demonstrated the protective effect of family and sibling closeness on child adjustment, but fewer studies have investigated how closeness is promoted within families. Guided by Family Communication Patterns Theory, we tested the association between family communication and sibling emotional and behavioral closeness, and…
Descriptors: Sibling Relationship, Correlation, Social Behavior, Structural Equation Models
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Ardelt, Monika; Day, Laurie – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2002
Examined relations between parents, older siblings, peers, adolescents' individual characteristics, and adolescents' deviant attitudes and behaviors among inner-city families. Structural equation models showed that older deviant siblings had the strongest effect on adolescent deviance. Positive family relationships, parental support, and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, At Risk Persons
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Brody, Gene H.; Kim, Sooyeon; Murry, Velma McBride; Brown, Anita C. – Developmental Psychology, 2003
Tested links between early adolescent older sibling (OS) and younger sibling (YS) competence in rural African American families. Found that OS competence was stable across time and related to improvements in mothers' psychological functioning from Wave 1 to Wave 2. Mothers' Wave-2 psychological functioning related to Wave-3 involved-supportive…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Children, Competence, Early Adolescents