Family Relationships from Adolescence to Early Adulthood: Changes in the Family System following Firstborns' Leaving Home

Autor/inn/en	Whiteman, Shawn D.; McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C.
Titel	Family Relationships from Adolescence to Early Adulthood: Changes in the Family System following Firstborns' Leaving Home
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21 (2011) 2, S.461-474 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00683.x
Schlagwörter	Middle Class; Siblings; Early Adolescents; Intimacy; Sibling Relationship; Birth Order; Parent Child Relationship; Young Adults; Longitudinal Studies; Whites; Working Class; Conflict; Mothers; Fathers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mittelschicht; Sibling; Geschwister; Intimität; Sibling relations; Geschwisterbeziehung; Geburtenfolge; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; White; Weißer; Arbeiterklasse; Konflikt; Mother; Mutter
Abstract	This study charted the course of parent-child and sibling relationships from early adolescence to early adulthood and examined how these relationships changed following firstborns' departure from their parents' home for the first time. Data were drawn from a 10-year longitudinal study of family relationships. Participants included mothers, fathers, and first- and secondborn children from 184 White, working and middle class families. Multilevel models revealed declines in parent-child conflict, acceptance, and sibling negativity and increases or U-shaped patterns in sibling and parent-child intimacy over time. Birth Order x Leaving Home interactions revealed that firstborns' leaving home related to changes in family relationship qualities for both first- and secondborns, with relationships improving for firstborns and no changes or declines in relationship quality for secondborns. Overall, the results highlight the inter-relatedness of family subsystems. (Contains 3 figures and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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