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Young Children's Sibling Relationship Quality: Distal and Proximal Correlates
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Kretschmer, Tina; Pike, Alison – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: Relationships within families are interdependent and related to distal environmental factors. Low socioeconomic status (SES) and high household chaos (distal factors) have been linked to less positive marital and parent-child relationships, but have not yet been examined with regard to young children's sibling relationships. The…
Descriptors: Siblings, Gender Differences, Family Life, Young Children
Parents, Siblings, and Peers: Close Social Relationships and Adolescent Deviance.
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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
Longitudinal Direct and Indirect Pathways Linking Older Sibling Competence to the Development of Younger Sibling Competence.
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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
Social Support: Relations to Coping and Adjustment during the Transition to University in the People's Republic of China.
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Tao, Sha; Dong, Qi; Pratt, Michael W.; Hunsberger, Bruce; Pancer, S. Mark – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2000
Explored how perceptions of social support changed during first semester of university, and how social support, coping strategies, and adjustment were interrelated among freshmen in China. Found that overall social support did not change significantly. Support from different sources (parents, peers, teachers, siblings) showed distinctive change…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, College Freshmen, Coping, Foreign Countries