The Nature and Correlates of Sibling Influence in Two-Parent African American Families

Autor/inn/en	Whiteman, Shawn D.; Becerra Bernard, Julia M.; McHale, Susan M.
Titel	The Nature and Correlates of Sibling Influence in Two-Parent African American Families
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 72 (2010) 2, S.267-281 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00698.x
Schlagwörter	Siblings; Socialization; Individual Characteristics; Sibling Relationship; Correlation; Adolescents; African Americans; Sex; Individual Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sibling; Geschwister; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Sibling relations; Geschwisterbeziehung; Korrelation; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Afroamerikaner; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; Individueller Unterschied
Abstract	Guided by research and theory on sibling similarities and differences, this study explored the nature and correlates of 2 processes of sibling influence--social learning and sibling differentiation--during adolescence. Participants included 2 adolescent-age siblings (M = 16.29 years for older siblings and M = 12.59 years for younger siblings, respectively) from 166 two-parent African American families. Significant nonlinear associations between these two influence dynamics and some sibling relationship qualities were discovered. For sibling differentiation, but not social learning, these links were further moderated by gender composition of the sibling dyad. Additional analyses revealed that youths' reports of social learning were generally linked to smaller differences between siblings, whereas differentiation processes were linked to greater differences in siblings' individual characteristics. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10