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Direct linkTan, Lin; Volling, Brenda L.; Gonzalez, Richard; LaBounty, Jennifer; Rosenberg, Lauren – Child Development, 2022
Emotion understanding develops rapidly in early childhood. Firstborn children (N = 231, 55% girls/45% boys, 86% White, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Latinx, Mage = 29.92 months) were recruited into a longitudinal study from 2004 to 2008 in the United States and administered a series of tasks assessing eight components of young children's emotion…
Descriptors: Child Development, Emotional Development, Siblings, Family Structure
Campione-Barr, Nicole; Greer, Kelly Bassett; Kruse, Anna – Child Development, 2013
Issues of equality and fairness and invasion of the personal domain, 2 previously identified topic areas of adolescent sibling conflict (N. Campione-Barr & J. G. Smetana, 2010), were examined in 145 dyads ("M" [subscript first-born] = 14.97, "SD" = 1.69 years; "M" [subscript second-born] = 12.20,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Sibling Relationship, Siblings, Emotional Adjustment
Atzaba-Poria, Naama; Pike, Alison – Child Development, 2008
The current study examined whether parental and contextual risk factors contribute to mothers' and fathers' differential treatment (MDT/FDT) when accounting for sibling dyad characteristics. Also explored was whether family type (single mothers vs. 2 parents) moderated the links between the parental and contextual correlates and MDT. One hundred…
Descriptors: Siblings, Mothers, At Risk Persons, Parent Child Relationship
Kim, Ji-Yeon; McHale, Susan M.; Osgood, D. Wayne; Crouter, Ann C. – Child Development, 2006
Changes in sibling intimacy and conflict were charted from middle childhood through adolescence, and family structure and relationship correlates of change were examined. Participants were mothers, fathers, and firstborn (M=11.82 years at Time 1) and secondborn (M=9.22 years) siblings from 200 White, working/middle class, 2-parent families.…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Sibling Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Gender Differences
Peer reviewedCleveland, 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
Peer reviewedBreland, Hunter M. – Child Development, 1974
An examination of two samples of National Merit Scholarship participants tested in 1962 and almost all participants (800,000) tested in 1965. Consistent effects in all three groups were observed with respect to both birth order and family size (firstborn and those of smaller families scored higher). (Author/SDH)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Birth Order, Family Characteristics, Family Structure
Peer reviewedJiao, Shulan; And Others – Child Development, 1996
First- and fifth-grade only-children and children with siblings completed 11 cognitive tasks to investigate differences in cognitive abilities that may exist due to the Chinese 1-child family planning program. Superiority of grade one only-children over children with siblings appeared for memory processes, language skills, and mathematics.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Family Planning, Family Structure
Peer reviewedStocker, Clare; And Others – Child Development, 1989
The extent to which maternal behavior, children's temperament, age, and family structure variables are associated with dimensions of sibling relationships was investigated with a sample of 96 families with younger siblings aged 3-6 years and older siblings aged 5-10 years. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Age Differences, Children, Family Relationship
Peer reviewedMelson, Gail F.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Examines effects of age, sex, and sibling status on children's ideas about infants and infant care. The sample consisted of 43 preschoolers and 42 second graders, half of whom were boys, half were girls, and half were singletons. Older children with siblings were more knowledgeable than either their singleton peers or younger children.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Rearing, Elementary School Students, Family Structure
Peer reviewedJiao, Shulan; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Investigates the manifestations and socialization processes of only and sibling children for improved implementing of the Chinese one-child family program planning. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Children
