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Peer reviewedDay, Richard W. – International Migration Review, 1989
Discusses the issues faced by Congress concerning the Immigration Reform and Control Act. Considers Alan Simpson's and Edward Kennedy's positions on restructuring the immigration policy to include more independent immigrants. Discusses the backlogs caused by the family preference system, particularly the preference for brothers and sisters of U.S.…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, Immigrants, Legislation, Migration Patterns
Peer reviewedDouglas, William; Olson, Beth M. – Communication Research, 1996
Examines the portrayal of family relationships in television domestic comedy. States that subjects were randomly selected to evaluate samples of nine programs. Finds that on television both parent-child and sibling relationships have developed in relational frameworks defined by the changing levels of conflict, cohesiveness, and socializing, with…
Descriptors: Conflict, Family Relationship, Higher Education, Siblings
Peer reviewedGriffiths, Diane Lynn; Unger, Donald G. – Family Relations, 1994
Forty-one pairs of parents and siblings of adult family members with mental retardation completed questionnaires concerning future planning. Although almost one-half of siblings were willing to assume caregiving responsibilities in future, parents were reluctant to have them take on caregiving. Cognitive demands of mentally retarded members and…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Family Caregivers, Mental Retardation, Parents
Peer reviewedRodgers, Joseph Lee; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1992
Noting that previous research showed younger siblings systematically more sexually active at given age than older siblings, used national data to explore relationship between sibling birth order and sexual behavior. Testing of process-oriented models revealed very slight support for opportunity model for white older sisters and white younger…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Order, Family Structure, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedHorwitz, Allan V.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1992
Examined role of adult siblings in caregiving for severely mentally ill using data from 109 siblings named by patients released from mental hospitals and 24-hour crisis care facilities. Results indicated that greater patient need, positive attitudes toward ill sibling, and other role involvements were major factors influencing sibling caregiving.…
Descriptors: Adults, Family Caregivers, Mental Disorders, Siblings
Peer reviewedWang, Qi; Leichtman, Michelle D.; White, Sheldon H. – Cognition, 1998
Examined 225 Chinese young adults from only-child families and those with siblings to determine relationship between childhood memory and self-description. Found that, compared to subjects with siblings, only-children subjects had more private and fewer self-descriptions, earlier first memories, more specific and more self-focused memories. (LBT)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Memory, Self Concept, Sibling Relationship
Peer reviewedDowney, Douglas B. – American Psychologist, 2001
Resource dilution model suggests that as the number of children increases, parental resources for each child decline. Assesses whether resource dilution could explain the effect of siblings on intellectual development tests. Identifies flaws in recent critiques of this position, discussing it as an explanation for why children with few siblings…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Family Influence, Family Size, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewedEast, Patricia L.; Jacobson, Leanne J. – Family Relations, 2000
Article critically appraises the sibling-comparison method by discussing its limitations: it assumes within-family homogeneity; it neglects naturally occurring heterogeneity across siblings; it overlooks unique effects of a teen's childbearing for her family and siblings; it underappreciates the selectivity of sisters of teenage mothers who delay…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Order, Early Parenthood, Females
Direct linkDeSena, A.D.; Murphy, R.A.; Douglas-Palumberi, H.; Blau, G.; Kelly, B.; Horwitz, S.M.; Kaufman, J. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 2005
.001). Conclusion:: Improvements in outcomes related to continuity of care can be attained through staff training. The SAFE Home model of care is not cost-effective for first-time placements.Objective:: To evaluate the SAFE Homes (SH) program, a short-term group care program for children between 3 and 12 years of age who enter care for the first…
Descriptors: Placement, Home Programs, Siblings, Foster Care
Peer reviewedLawson, David M.; Brossart, Daniel F. – Journal of Counseling and Development, 2004
The authors examined the relationship between sibling structure variables (i.e., gender, number of sisters, number of brothers, sibling spacing, number of siblings, and birth order, all men, and all women siblings) and current relationships with parents and spouse/partners. Participants included 519 adults between the ages of 19 and 59 years. Two…
Descriptors: Females, Siblings, Males, Intimacy
Simonelli, Catherine J.; Mullis, Thomas; Rohde, Carlyanne – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
This article examines a measure of received emotional, physical, and sexual aggression within the family: the Scale of Negative Family Interactions (SNFI). Unlike traditional familial violence scales that measure parental aggression alone, the SNFI simultaneously measures sibling violence for a more comprehensive examination of familial…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Parent Role, Siblings, Reliability
McNess, Andrew – Youth Studies Australia, 2008
This study focuses upon the social experiences of bereaved young men, with particular emphasis on the social costs of bereavement-related personal disclosure. Their experiences of regulating their social behaviour were suggestive of the persistence of "traditional" notions of masculine identity (e.g. hegemonic masculinity). While this…
Descriptors: Males, Masculinity, Grief, Self Disclosure (Individuals)
Bosacki, Sandra Leanne; Varnish, Amanda; Akseer, Spogmai – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2008
This study investigates the relations between children's perceptions of self and play in 89 school-aged children (52 girls, 37 boys, ages 5 to 8) in two Canadian schools. The study involves standardized measures, interviews, and drawings to assess children's perceptions of play and self. Teacher ratings of emotional competencies were also…
Descriptors: Siblings, Play, Physical Activities, Student Attitudes
Altink, Marieke E.; Arias-Vasquez, Alejandro; Franke, Barbara; Slaats-Willemse, Dorine I. E.; Buschgens, Cathelijne J. M.; Rommelse, Nanda N. J.; Fliers, Ellen A.; Anney, Richard; Brookes, Keeley-Joanne; Chen, Wai; Gill, Michael; Mulligan, Aisling; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund; Thompson, Margaret; Sergeant, Joseph A.; Faraone, Stephen V.; Asherson, Philip; Buitelaar, Jan K. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008
Background: The dopamine receptor D4 ("DRD4") 7-repeat allele and maternal smoking during pregnancy are both considered as risk factors in the aetiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but few studies have been conducted on their interactive effects in causing ADHD. The purpose of this study is to examine the gene by…
Descriptors: Siblings, Smoking, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Pregnancy
Download full textFinkelhor, David; Turner, Heather; Ormrod, Richard; Hamby, Sherry; Kracke, Kristen – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2009
This Bulletin discusses the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV), the most comprehensive nationwide survey of the incidence and prevalence of children's exposure to violence to date, sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Family Violence, Incidence, Prevention
