Competition and Cohesion in Sibling Relations during the Adaptation to Remarriage.

Autor/inn/en	Anderson, Edward R.; North, Alyson M.
Titel	Competition and Cohesion in Sibling Relations during the Adaptation to Remarriage.
Quelle	(1988), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Adjustment (to Environment); Adolescent Development; Adolescents; Comparative Analysis; Coping; Divorce; Family Relationship; Family Structure; Longitudinal Studies; Nuclear Family; One Parent Family; Preadolescents; Remarriage; Sex Differences; Sibling Relationship; Stepfamily + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Bewältigung; Ehescheidung; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Kleinfamilie; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Wiederverheiratung; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Sibling relations; Geschwisterbeziehung
Abstract	One goal of a longitudinal study of stepfamilies, divorced maternal custody families, and nondivorced families was to assess the quality and functioning of the sibling relationship and to determine the conditions under which sibling relationships become more cohesive or more competitive during family transitions. Relationships between the target child, who was between 9 and 13 years of age at the beginning of the 2.5 year study, and a target sibling within 5 years of the target child's age were assessed through interviews with the mother, father, and target child using an expanded version of Schaefer and Edgerton's Sibling Inventory of Behavior, and through behavioral observation of the sibling pair in a play situation, a family problem-solving situation, and at the dinner table. The results revealed that, at least according to family members, boys in remarried families exhibited far more negative behavior and offered much less support to their siblings than any other group. Girls in remarried families did not appear to differ from girls in other family groups, and may have even offered increased support to their siblings over the course of the first year of adjustment to remarriage. Over time, observed interactions of siblings took on a more negative quality for children in remarried families. Some of these changes may have been reflective of developmental change in sibling relations as the children entered adolescence. (NB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01